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Reports: Community Food Retail and Food Poverty

Covid-19 has seen the growth of new, innovative ways to provide for people living in food poverty such as community food retail. With a growing need for such options in light of the continued Covid-19 crisis, this report explores the different models food poverty alliances could replicate in their areas and proposes a set of guidelines for delivering such projects.
Food Poverty | Friday 25 September 2020

News: How food policy can change our food system

A new brief from Sustain member the Centre for Food Policy explains the role of food policy in changing the way we eat.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Tuesday 28 May 2019

Blog: Local food benefits go far beyond food miles

Sustain's Local Food Retail Coordinator, Rachel Jones, responds to statements made on Channel 4 News about the sustainability of local food and explores the wide-reaching reasons to shop local. 
Local Food Plan | Wednesday 7 February 2024

News: Food waste is not a solution to food poverty

France's new law requiring supermarkets to donate unsold food to charities could accelerate the spread of food banks as an acceptable response to hunger. Instead, we should require supermarkets to pay employees a living wage, which would save the taxpayer money and ensure that people in work can afford the basics.
Food Poverty | Monday 1 June 2015

News: Food Foundation report 'Plating Up Progress' looks at how investors, businesses and governments can build towards a healthier, more sustainable food industry post-pandemic

Latest report by Sustain member maps the current commitments, targets and performance reporting of 11 major UK supermarkets and 15 major UK-operating caterers, quick service and casual dining restaurant chains.
Sustain | Monday 16 November 2020

News: UN's World Food Programme forced to cut food aid

The WFP says it's being forced to cut food assistance for vulnerable Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan because of a severe lack of funding.
Sustain | Saturday 4 July 2015

Blog: Beyond hunger and the food bank: a new right to food

The phenomenal rise in the use of charitable food banks is a symptom of an underlying disorder: That the human right to food is far from a reality for too many people in our country. Sustain, Just Fair, Nourish and the Institute of Health & Society at Newcastle University explain why our new programme will bring the benefits of a right to food home.
Food Poverty | Wednesday 27 September 2017

News: EFRA Committee calls for more Government action on food security

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) select committee have released a report calling on the Government to take food security more seriously, or risk public health consequences. The report called on the Government to revisit its response to the National Food Strategy, particularly on the free school meals and 'breaking the junk food cycle' recommendations. Sustain responds. 
Sustain | Friday 28 July 2023

News: Sustain Alliance writes to George Eustice re agricultural transition and food security

The letter, from Sustain and partners to Ministers George Eustice and Victoria Prentis, calls on Defra to implement an accelerated and ambitious Agricultural Transition Plan and national food strategy in order to tackle the various problems of our food system and its food and nutrition security vulnerabilities.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Monday 28 March 2022

News: Pressure grows to protect children from 'junk' food ads

This week the National Consumer Council and the National Federation of Women's Institutes become the latest bodies to add their considerable influence to the campaign to protect children from 'junk' food advertising, bringing the number of supporting national organisations to 83.
Children's Food Campaign | Tuesday 29 July 2003


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