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Michael Gove's ‘pipeline of support’ for farmers – how are the tests and trials going?

Alongside all the changes ahead due to Brexit, a new farm support scheme will hit major development phase in 2019. Secretary of State for Defra...

08/01/2019
Food and Farming Policy

Children take food poverty challenge to Westminster with new report

Nine young food ambassadors aged 10-20 years old have travelled to Westminster to share their experiences of food insecurity with the House of...

17/01/2019
Children's Food Campaign

The diet that could help save lives and the planet

A comprehensive new study by the EAT-Lancet commission has produced a set of scientific targets for a healthy diet from a sustainable food production...

17/01/2019
Food and Farming Policy

Sustain Briefing: Good Food Retail

Sustain has produced this briefing in response to recent references to Good Food Retail in the London Food Strategy, among other documents. Our aim...

16/01/2019
London Food Link

Food stockpiling in 'triage' system if there’s no-deal Brexit

The Federation of Wholesale Distributors warns that the government may have to stockpile essential foods on a “triage” system if the UK...

16/01/2019
Brexit

Training available to set-up your own fruit & veg stall

Greenwich Cooperative Development Agency (GCDA) are helping people to set up their own fruit and veg stalls by sharing their 16 years of experience...

16/01/2019
Jellied Eel

Sunlight plant engineering isn’t answer says GM Freeze

A new system in plant engineering to change the way sunlight is used could boost yields by 40%. However, Sustain member GM Freeze doesn’t...

16/01/2019
Food and Farming Policy

Eating insects could replace one environmental crisis for another

Researchers have warned that before we adopt insects as an alternative form of protein we need to know a much more about the side effects of mass...

16/01/2019
Sustainable Food

Counting down to Real Bread Week

There are fewer than 6 weeks until the start of Real Bread Week 2019 on 23 February, so time’s running out to plan how YOU will get involved...

15/01/2019
Real Bread Campaign

Feeding the city support for new good food businesses

Impact Hub are offering start-up support for good food businesses that will add value to communities.

15/01/2019
Jellied Eel

FRESH Street Vouchers – a fresh new idea for more fruit and veg in Sheffield

Weekly vouchers for fruit and vegetables will be offered for six months to every household in a street in Gleadless Valley, an area of high...

14/01/2019
Veg Cities

Bags of Taste – bags of potential for transforming eating habits

Cooking lessons alone have a limited impact on long term diets. ‘Bags of Taste’ is a new social enterprise that delivers a...

14/01/2019
Veg Cities

Government proposing crackdown on Trojan telephone boxes

Sustain welcomes the Government’s proposal to remove permitted development rights for public call boxes and has submitted a formal response to...

14/01/2019
Sustain

Government pledges to reduce farm ammonia emissions in new Clean Air Strategy

The government today launched a new Clear Air Strategy, which includes a pledge to introduce financial rewards and incentives for farmers who reduce...

14/01/2019
Food and Farming Policy

This year’s Real Bread offers

Once again, the Real Bread Campaign has secured some great deals for its paid-up supporters on baking ingredients, equipment, classes and more.

13/01/2019
Real Bread Campaign

Fund opens for reducing 'scandal' of food waste

The first £5million of a new government fund launches to reduce food waste from food businesses.

13/01/2019
Food Waste

Farm animal welfare should be on food labels

Sustain member the RSPCA says that it should be mandatory for meat labels to include information on the welfare of farm animals.

13/01/2019
Food and Farming Policy

Eating forgotten plants could ease malnutrition in East Timor

The Thomson Reuters Foundation reports that knowledge of local foods could ease child malnutrition in East Timor.

13/01/2019
Food Poverty

Government action on in-store junk food promotions is long overdue, says Children's Food Campaign

The Children’s Food Campaign welcomes the start of Government consultations to restrict in-store price and checkout promotions for...

12/01/2019
Children's Food Campaign

WIN Richard Bertinet’s latest book Crumb

Forget post-holiday abstinence and tuck into the January-March 2019 edition of the Real Bread Campaign supporters’ magazine. The latest issue...

10/01/2019
Real Bread Campaign

Discussing a bittersweet Brexit

With Brexit moving so quickly UK food and farming could change more now and more quickly than in the last 70 years. Sustain member the Centre for...

10/01/2019
Brexit

Real Bread Campaign opens ambassador nominations

The Real Bread Campaign is looking for new ambassadors and needs YOUR help finding them.

09/01/2019
Real Bread Campaign

Opportunity to write for True Loaf magazine

The Real Bread Campaign is looking for volunteers to write articles for the April - June issue its magazine, which goes supporters in more than 20...

09/01/2019
Real Bread Campaign

Food is top topic in future trade deal consultations

The consultation into future trade deals was the ‘biggest consultation that any British Government has undertaken’, Liam Fox told the...

09/01/2019
Brexit

Brexit Forum news, January 2019: Sustainable fish

On this page, we share recent news updates on Brexit-related developments in fishing policy, including the Fisheries Bill.

02/01/2019
Brexit

News update, January 2019: Food, Farming & Countryside Commission

On this page, we share recent news updates  from the RSA’s Food, Farming & Countryside Commission.

02/01/2019
Brexit

Brexit Forum news, January 2019: Deal or no deal?

On this page, we share recent news updates on the UK’s future relationship with the European Union. Deal or no deal? It matters a lot for food,...

02/01/2019
Brexit

Brexit Forum news, January 2019: Food standards and trade

On this page, we share recent news updates on Brexit-related developments in food standards and international trade policy.

02/01/2019
Brexit

Public Health England launches new Change For Life campaign focusing on sugar reduction

The Government agency has launched a new campaign to encourage families to ‘make a swap when you next shop’ to help them cut back on...

02/01/2019
Sugar Smart UK

Good Food Nation consultation opens

The much anticipated Good Food Nation bill has opened for consultation. Sustain member Nourish Scotland are pressing for the bill to change Scottish...

02/01/2019
Food and Farming Policy

Connect diet, environment and economics to improve food

Sustain member the Centre for Food Policy have written a brief on how food systems can combine diet-related health with environmental and economic...

02/01/2019
Better Food Britain

Guide to going veggie in New Year

Sustain member The Vegetarian Society have a guide for all those who have resolved to go vegetarian in 2019.

02/01/2019
Sustainable Food

International Trade Committee calls for trade transparency

A new report from parliament's International Trade Committee calls for an inclusive, transparent, and democratic UK trade policy. Sustain...

01/01/2019
Brexit

Annual report 2017/18

Read the review of Sustain’s activities and achievements for this financial year.

13/12/2018
Sustain

Beyond the Food Bank: London Food Poverty Profile 2018

Beyond the Food Bank 2018 is the fourth edition of London’s comprehensive food poverty profile. The report looks at what local authorities...

05/11/2018
Food Poverty

Good Food for London 2018

In our annual London borough league table and series of good food maps, we shine a light on which boroughs are leading the way in creating a better...

05/11/2018
London Food Link

Food Growing in Parks

This guide, co-written with Sustain member Shared Assets, shows how councils can take forward food growing in parks, using public assets to address...

16/10/2018
Sustain

Parents’ Jury Survey on Junk Food Marketing

Most parents told us they are concerned that junk food advertising is having a significant impact on their children’s food choices. Many...

19/09/2018
Children's Food Campaign

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