Making food and farming a priority in the Local and General Elections.
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Watch the event
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Chair’s introduction
In conversation with...
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Panel session: How to talk about food, farming and climate in an election year
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Panel session: Making a difference locally
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What food policy solutions do we have that can help fix the food system?
Chair’s closing remarks |
Resources
- Download the event powerpoint slides as a PDF.
- “Scaling up universal free school meals” slides, from Andy Gold, Newham Council
Take action!
We are calling on DHSC to extend the school fruit and veg scheme and prioritise high standard British produce. You can take action.
Seeking sector allies
On Healthy start, if you are a local health professional, please do join the email group supporting each other to promote and support Healthy start uptake and check out our Healthy Start Policy Positions.
The Soil Association wants to join forces with people/organisations across the food system to make organic TRULY for all. They know there are numerous barriers to organic being available, accessible and affordable but want to work with the entire sector in changing this. They also acknowledge that this isn't necessarily the solution everyone wants. They want to understand what our current position is on this journey, how to better link up, and how a collective can map out a pathway for success. They want to hear from anyone with an interest. The intention is for this to be a shared plan, not a Soil Association one.
THe Food Ethics Council are doing a bit of mapping of key civil society organisations working on food & farming (and environment, health, welfare, social justice...). If you have mapping to share, please e-mail dan@foodethicscouncil.org.
You might find interesting
- Sustain’s Say Yes to School Food for All.
- Video showing the Say Yes to School Food for All petition hand in at Number 10.
- Story generated by Sustain in the Times showing how KFC undermined local councils’ health planning.
- Recent win from Sustain’s Real Bread Campaign.
- David Attenborough advocates for a shift away from meat and dairy to a plant based diet.
- Environmental Audit Committee published a report on Friday 8 December - 'Environmental change and food security'.
- Obesity Action Scotland recently published an evidence review on local levers for diet and healthy weight - actions that local areas can take to improve diet and healthy weight outcomes.
- Information on the Six Inches of Soil film
- Kingston University are currently running a social supermarket for university students to help them with cost of living pressures. It is a community asset building approach and involves local charities and university staff and student volunteers.
- Climate Friendly Bradford on Avon and the Fairtrade Group have devised a self-assessment questionnaire for businesses, which has the support of Bradford on Avon Town Council.
- Beyond the Foodbank. Community Food Research has been evaluating various community food support schemes for the last few years and their value, including signposting to other support, is invaluable to those accessing them.
- Codex in Rome just passed the sweet flavoured UPF baby formula standard - and debated many things including novel food processes, cell cultures, trade transformation One health etc. These standards do have a huge influence on legislation - should NGOs ignore it or take part?
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Published Thursday 7 December 2023
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