A selection of recent prominent appearances by Sustain projects and campaigns in the press.

The Grocer

New planning rule proposals risk undermining food security, expert warns

Comment from Vicky Gerrard.

Thursday 5 March 2026 | Visit

Business Green

Good Food Bill: Business, farmers and campaigners calls for UK to fix 'failing' food system

Tuesday 3 March 2026 | Visit

Farmers Guardian

Good Food Bill needed to fix 'failing' food system

Sunday 1 March 2026 | Visit

KAMCITY

M&S, Co-op, And Danone Join Calls For ‘Good Food Bill’ Amid Warnings Of Failing System

Wednesday 25 February 2026 | Visit

Retail Week

Co-op and M&S join retailers calling for gov to improve food security

Wednesday 25 February 2026 | Visit

New Food magazine

Over 100 organisations demand landmark UK Good Food Bill

Wednesday 25 February 2026 | Visit

Retail Technology Innovation Hub

M&S and Co-op join call for new 'Good Food Bill' amid claims of failing food system in UK

Wednesday 25 February 2026 | Visit

The Grocer

M&S and the Co-op among 100 names calling for Good Food Bill

Wednesday 25 February 2026 | Visit

The Grocer

New HFSS ad rules made easy

Comment from Fran Bernhardt.

Tuesday 6 January 2026 | Visit

The British Medical Journal

Junk food advertising ban “loopholes” need to be closed, campaigners say

Comment from Fran Bernhardt

Monday 5 January 2026 | Visit

The Guardian

The Guardian view on the junk food advertising ban: shaping tastes is a job for government

Monday 5 January 2026 | Visit

The Guardian

Christmas ads put on a diet as UK ban on TV junk food advertising bites

Comment from Fran Bernhardt.

Saturday 20 December 2025 | Visit

Food Manufacture

Government backing for organic could deliver huge national returns

Comment from Hannah Gibbs.

Thursday 4 December 2025 | Visit

Public Sector Catering

Sustain report calls for greater Government investment in organic food

Hannah Gibbs comments.

Thursday 4 December 2025 | Visit

Fresh Produce Journal

Government backing for organic food ‘could deliver huge benefits’

Comment from Hannah Gibbs

Tuesday 2 December 2025 | Visit

Convenience Store

Report finds Government should back organic food for health and economic returns

Comment from Hannah Gibbs.

Tuesday 2 December 2025 | Visit

The Grocer

Organic food could deliver huge health and economic returns, charity says

Comment from Hannah Gibbs

Tuesday 2 December 2025 | Visit

Ends Report

Government exploring bringing intensive farms into environmental permitting regime

Comment from Ruth Westcott

Monday 1 December 2025 | Visit

The Grocer

Grower groups unite to launch UK fruit and veg coalition

Thursday 27 November 2025 | Visit

The Independent

Why supermarkets are putting key industry at ‘financial risk’

Comment fron Georgina Edwards, sustainable farming campaign officer.

Friday 21 November 2025 | Visit

The Grocer

Calls to extend junk food crackdown as review finds billbooard ban effective

Comment by Fran Bernhardt, Commericial Determinants Coordinator

Tuesday 18 November 2025 | Visit

BBC Radio 4 The Food Programme

The Breakfast Club Challenge

Interview with Barbara Crowther.

Friday 7 November 2025 | Visit

The Guardian

Intensive livestock farms fail to declare climate impacts in ‘emissions scandal

Comment from Ruth Westcott, campaign manager.

Wednesday 5 November 2025 | Visit

Hits Radio, Lincolnshire

Campaigners are telling us plans for a poultry farm near Spalding could have health impacts on local people

Interview with Ruth Westcott, Sustain

Thursday 16 October 2025 | Visit

ITV - Tonight

Price Rises: Cutting the Cost of Your Weekly Shop

Interview with Will White, Sustainable Farming Coordinator.

Thursday 16 October 2025 | Visit

British Medical Journal

Ban on unhealthy “buy one, get one free” deals is “long overdue,” say experts

Wednesday 8 October 2025 | Visit

Times Radio

Interview with Ruth Westcott on EAT-Lancet report

Sunday 5 October 2025 | Visit

Mirror

Eat 'no more than three portions of meat a week' to save planet, report says

Friday 3 October 2025 | Visit

Farmers Weekly

New EAT Lancet report slammed for targeting livestock

Friday 3 October 2025 | Visit

Open Access Government

Could the expansion of school meals also deliver for the UK farming economy?

Tuesday 30 September 2025 | Visit

Kingston Nub News

Kingston Council bans junk food ads on council property to encourage healthier living

Comment from Fran Bernhardt, Commercial Determinants Coordinator at Sustain

Friday 26 September 2025 | Visit

Just Food

UK watershed ad rule changes boost brands but anger NGOs

Comment from Fran Bernhardt, commercial determinants coordinator at Sustain.

Thursday 18 September 2025 | Visit

Farmers Weekly

Campaign for supermarket fairness builds momentum

Wednesday 17 September 2025 | Visit

Farming Today

More school meals using more British produce?

Tuesday 9 September 2025 | Visit

Children & Young People Now

Councils take the lead in tackling children’s access to junk food

Comment from Fran Bernhardt, Sustain’s commercial determinants coordinator.

Monday 8 September 2025 | Visit

Food Manufacture

Farmers demand fair treatment by supermarkets as new watchdog debated

Thursday 4 September 2025 | Visit

Farming Online

UK grocery watchdog ‘unfit for purpose’ and ‘failing farmers’

Thursday 4 September 2025 | Visit

Farming UK

MPs urged to curb supermarket 'tyranny' over British farmers

Wednesday 3 September 2025 | Visit

Grocery Gazette

MPs urged to tackle supermarket ‘tyranny’ over British farmers

Sustainable Farming campaigner Georgina Edwards quoted.

Wednesday 3 September 2025 | Visit

The Grocer

Groceries Code Adjudicator ‘not fit for purpose’ farming groups tell MPs

Wednesday 3 September 2025 | Visit

Government press release

Ban on selling high-caffeine energy drinks to boost kids’ health

Barbara Crowther and CFC Parent Ambassadors quoted.

Tuesday 2 September 2025 | Visit

Footprint

Sustainable farming incentives left largely in tact after spending review

Friday 13 June 2025 | Visit

The Grocer

M&S expands ‘Only… ingredients’ range with two new loaves

Chris Young from Real Bread Campaign comments

Thursday 12 June 2025 | Visit

Pig World

Farming and rural bodies give ‘cautious welcome’ to better-than-expected Defra funding settlement

Wednesday 11 June 2025 | Visit

The Grocer

Junk food ad ban: does the industry at last have clarity on how the watershed will work?

Comment from Fran Bernhardt, Commercial Determinants Coordinator

Tuesday 10 June 2025 | Visit

BBC Radio 4 The Food Programme

Sourfaux

Interview with Real Bread campaigner Chris Young

Friday 30 May 2025 | Visit

The Telegraph

The fake ‘healthy’ breads to watch out for and what to eat instead

The Real Bread Campaign

Monday 5 May 2025 | Visit

BBC Radio 4 The Food Programme

Feeding the Nation

Interview with Sustain CEO Kath Dalmeny

Friday 2 May 2025 | Visit

The Sunday Times

If Chile can stop children eating junk food, why can’t Britain?

Fran Bernhardt comments

Sunday 27 April 2025 | Visit

The British Medical Journal

BMJ: Bans on junk food advertising in outdoor spaces derailed by industry lobbying

Featuring Fran Bernhardt

Wednesday 9 April 2025 | Visit



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