Page: Good Food Local: A regional approach
Food connects community health, economic resilience, climate action and tackling inequality. Most councils recognise this - but food work is often fragmented across departments, under-resourced and not always easy to prioritise.
Good Food Local can help
Led by Sustain, Good Food Local gives councils a practical framework for improving their local food system and making measurable progress for health, equity and the environment. When regions take part together, the impact is even greater.
Good Food Local
Page: Recommendations for robust healthier food advertising policy implementation
Local governments have a healthier food advertising policy when their policy guidance meets the minimum standards, plus they have a strong implementation which should result in switching the spotlight away from unhealthy foods and drinks.
Commercial Determinants
News: New school food standards aim to boost healthier appetites
The government has launched a nine week consultation on proposed new School Food Standards for England, aiming to reduce sugar, fried foods and processed meat and boost pupil intakes fibre, fresh fruit and vegetables, beans and pulses. Sustain's parent ambassadors welcome the opportunity to push for change.
Children's Food Campaign | Monday 13 April 2026
Blog: Get started in food policy, programmes and campaigns
Explore the key steps and strategies to engage with careers in food policy, impactful programmes, and effective campaigns. Whether you're passionate about sustainable agriculture, food justice, or nutrition advocacy, you can contribute to the critical conversations and actions shaping our food systems.
Roots to Work | Sunday 14 July 2024
News: Government moves to keep healthier food advertising regulations on track
The government has now published its response on the secondary legislation needed to ensure the implementation of a 9pm watershed and total online ban on paid-for advertising of products high in fat, salt and/or sugar by 1 October 2025. Sustain's Children's Food Campaign responds.
Children's Food Campaign | Thursday 12 September 2024
News: Gov must strengthen public sector food standards so catering companies don't fuel antibiotic crisis
New report by the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics calls for public sector caterers to publish antibiotic policies and adopt transparent procurement strategies. The Alliance says robust government standards on public procurement are needed to ensure higher antibiotic standards for school and hospital food suppliers
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Thursday 12 October 2023
Page: Growing Community Food Enterprises toolkit
Welcome to our toolkit, Growing Community Food Enterprises. This toolkit was produced as part of Sustain’s Connecting Community Food Enterprises project and aims to support community food projects to develop more sustainably, with tips, tools and guidance.
Good Food Enterprise
News: Prime Minister champions action on child poverty, health and school food
The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has talked about his personal commitment to ending child poverty and support for improving the nutritional quality of school meals and expanding access to free school meals and breakfast clubs in an interview with ITV's Lorraine show. Children's Food Campaign responds.
Children's Food Campaign | Tuesday 11 November 2025
News: Top researchers demand Government action to stop the sugar flood in children’s food
To mark Sugar Awareness Week, Action on Sugar at Queen Mary University of London, who are a part of the Recipe for Change coalition, have unveiled alarming new data on the high levels of sugar and calories in popular sweet snacks.
Children's Food Campaign | Tuesday 19 November 2024
News: Parent Ambassadors want food education at the heart of curriculum review
Responding to the call for evidence, Children’s Food Campaign parent ambassadors have submitted key recommendations and an open letter, urging policymakers to place food education at the heart of an updated curriculum.
Children's Food Campaign | Sunday 24 November 2024
Children's Food Campaign: 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.
