Mission
To catalyse systemic change in the UK’s food and farming system – securing a healthy, fair, and sustainable future for all people, nature and a stable climate.
Values
We bring people and organisations together across the food system, working in alliance and partnership to create fair, healthy and sustainable food and farming.
We are leaders in food system change, using clear and honest knowledge grounded in lived experience, practitioner know-how, evidence and policy insight to guide our choices and advocacy.
We act with compassion and responsibility, recognising historic and current harms, and championing food and farming systems that nourish the interconnected wellbeing of people, nature, and communities.
We stand up for justice and equity in how food is produced, traded and accessed, promoting agroecology and working to ensure everyone has a voice and is treated with dignity.
We speak up boldly for a better food and farming future, challenging harms and injustice while inspiring meaningful action on solutions that bring long-term, positive change for people and planet.
“We must achieve a radically different way of organising ourselves and organising the food system: one that restores nature, averts catastrophic climate change and ensures that everyone can live and eat well.”
Kath Dalmeny, Chief Executive of Sustain
Structure
The alliance is a registered charity (no. 1018643) and company limited by guarantee (no. 02673194). It is governed by its membership which meets annually. The membership elects a Council of trustees who meet quarterly to guide the work of the alliance, subject to approval by the members.
Each Sustain project or policy campaign is advised by a working party comprising relevant member organisations and other experts.
