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Blog: How to fix our food supply chain - insights from EFRA Select Committee Inquiry
In the recent evidence session at the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee Inquiry into fairness in the food supply chain, Vicki Hird, representing Sustain on the panel, provided valuable insights into the challenges and vulnerabilities within the country's food supply chain.
Sustain | Wednesday 15 November 2023
News: Saving the environment is more important to farmers than subsidising food productivity - reveals new research
Sustain were one of 26 organisations supporting a new survey of farmers which revealed that a healthy environment is a key business asset for four out of five farmers. It also showed that a third aren’t taking environmental action and that lack of access to capital, a harsh market, and uncertainty over Brexit are big barriers. Farmers and nature experts are united in a call to the Government for an ambitious agriculture policy which must have the environment at its heart.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Monday 24 June 2019
Page: Fringe Farming - the potential for peri-urban food growing
A project that aims to boost agroecological food production at the edge of UK cities, working in partnership with practitioners and researchers to greatly increase access to land for socially and ecologically beneficial farming close to urban communities.
An easy way to comprehend the benefits of fringe farming is by making simple calculations for up-scaling existing peri-urban market gardens. This can tell us the impressive amount of fresh fruit and vegetables, financial revenue and jobs that would be generated as a result of making just 1% of England’s peri-urban land productive.
Sustainable Farming Campaign
News: Campaigners call for ban on child friendly cartoons on unhealthy food packaging
Over 500 food and drink products with child-friendly cartoon animations on their packaging are shockingly high in fat, salt or sugar, according to new research conducted by Action on Sugar and Action on Salt in partnership with the Children's Food Campaign. Campaigners are calling on food manufacturers to ban their use on unhealthy foods and #MakeCartoonsHealthy instead.
Children's Food Campaign | Tuesday 4 June 2019
News: WRAP launches £3.25m Covid-19 Emergency Surplus Food grants
The grants aim to help not-for-profit organisations in England redistribute surplus food from retailers, wholesalers and food manufacturers to vulnerable people.
Food Poverty | Monday 13 April 2020
News: Two-thirds of people surveyed want junk food TV adverts banned before 9pm
Child health should be election issue, says the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH). It said there was large public support for junk food advertising bans, cooking lessons in school and lowering speed limits. [BBC] The survey results have been cleverly displayed in a series of images on Buzzfeed.
The RCPCH has made a series of policy recommendations ahead of the next general election aimed at improving children's health - for more details see their 'Vision 2015' document.
Children's Food Campaign | Friday 6 March 2015
News: Government's fish standards will be worse than for pet food eaten by Number 10's Larry the Cat
The Good Food for Our Money Campaign demands that the Government changes it plans to introduce weak seafood standards for food served in public sector institutions.
Good Food for Our Money Campaign | Wednesday 2 March 2011
News: Registration open for new course: Promoting urban food growing through digital storytelling
Food growers across UK cities are invited to take part in a free, online spring course to explore the benefits of urban food growing by using digital storytelling tools.
Capital Growth | Thursday 10 February 2022
News: Half of food bought by UK families is ‘ultra-processed’
Food made in factories with industrial ingredients and additives now make up half of the food bought by UK households. We buy more ultra-processed foods than any other European country.
Children's Food Campaign | Sunday 4 February 2018
News: Hackney, Hounslow, Lambeth and Newham councils pave the way for London’s food system transformation
Four boroughs have committed to aligning their meals with climate change commitments
Food for the Planet | Wednesday 12 July 2023
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Food for the Planet: Sustain The alliance for better food and farming advocates food and agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, improve the working and living environment, enrich society and culture and promote equity.
