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News: No fast food on way home from school needed to reduce childhood obesity

Sustain member the Royal Society for Public Health finds that despite wider efforts to support kids’ healthy eating in school and at home, the junk food on offer along their walk home can still have a disproportionate effect on diet and lifestyle.
Children's Food Campaign | Friday 13 September 2019

News: Sustain welcomes stronger nutrition standards for Government Food Buying

Sustain welcomes the proposals to strengthen of the nutritional guidelines in response to consultation on Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering, and calls for stronger enforcement.  Read the full submission.
Children's Food Campaign | Monday 12 August 2019

Blog: LGBTQ+ legacies and new beginnings in London’s community food scene

This February for LGBT+ History Month, Vera Zakharov and Isabel Rice look at the history of LGBTQ+ community projects in London and spotlight some examples of initiatives across the capital currently building community, solidarity, vital support and celebration through food.
Good Food Local | Wednesday 31 January 2024

News: Community gardens step up to grow food for over 1000 families affected by Covid-19

Whilst many people on low incomes or who have been shielding have struggled to access fresh food, Sustain's food growing networks have helped 50 community gardens across London, Manchester and Reading to grow four tonnes of food for those in need.
Capital Growth | Wednesday 28 October 2020

News: How can healthcare facilities support a healthy community with food growing spaces?

Non-profit, Health Care without Harm, has published a new report outlining how green spaces used to grow food in healthcare settings offer an opportunity to support both disease prevention and treatment as well as support wider community health and health education.
Good to Grow | Tuesday 30 March 2021

News: Health experts and parents agree: a 9pm watershed on junk food advertising

As part of the Obesity Health Alliance, Sustain and the Children's Food Campaign are amongst 44 professional organisations backing a comprehensive 9pm watershed for advertising of foods high in fat, salt and sugar, as new research shows massive public backing for the idea.
Children's Food Campaign | Thursday 28 February 2019

News: Five London boroughs awarded food poverty action plan funding

The Greater London Authority has awarded funding to Croydon, Enfield, Merton, Redbridge and Tower Hamlets to develop food poverty action plans. Thanks to funding from Trust for London, Sustain will advise and assist the boroughs with their plans over the next six months.
Food Poverty | Monday 20 February 2017

Blog: How can Local Enterprise Partnerships put better food and farming at the heart of economic recovery

When choosing how to allocate large sums of investment funding, Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) should invest in values-led food, farming and fishing to deliver the goods they seek to bring to local areas. Merav Shub highlights some of the main arguments from Sustain's new report which looks into this issue.
Sustainable Food Places | Tuesday 27 October 2020

News: Harriet Harman joins celebrities and experts in new campaign to protect children from junk food adverts

Over 50 health, consumer and children's organisations, and celebrities such as Raymond Blanc, Antony Worrall Thomson and Prue Leith, have written to senior politicians urging them to protect children from junk food TV advertising before 9pm
Children's Food Campaign | Monday 4 June 2007

News: Research partner wanted to evaluate Good Food Local programme in London

Following 12 fruitful years of tracking council action on food in London, Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming are looking for a research partner to evaluate their Good Food Local approach in London.
Good Food Local | Friday 10 May 2024


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