News: Women In The Food Industry joins the Sustain alliance
Sustain warmly welcomes Women In The Food Industry whose mission is to empower women, shine a spotlight on what they are doing for the UK food industry and build a supportive community.
Sustain | Tuesday 13 January 2026
News: Knowsley Council signs off UK's second comprehensive healthier baby food advertising policy
The policy was brought in as an update to their healthier food advertising policy and will address misleading and inappropriate unhealthy products marketed to young children.
Commercial Determinants | Monday 21 July 2025
Events: Food Resilient London: Mapping our community assets
Catch up on the online launch of the London Community Food Asset Mapping portal. Find out how initiatives across London are supporting communities to be more resilient and ways to get involved to make the capital be more prepared for future emergencies and food supply disruptions.
Sustainable Food Places | Tuesday 3 February 2026
News: New Regional Food Hubs Support Programme open
Applications are open for a new Regional Food Hubs Support Programme run by Better Food Traders, targeting supply chain hubs in their start up phase or looking to scale up operations. Apply by Friday 22 November for a chance to take part in the programme, kicking off early 2025.
Local Food Plan | Tuesday 5 November 2024
News: 1.5 million food parcels distributed as need continues to soar
New figures released by the Trussell Trust reveal that 1.5 million emergency food parcels were provided between April and September 2023 by food banks in the charity’s UK-wide network. This is the most parcels that the network has ever distributed at this point in the year and represents a 16% increase from the same period in 2022.
Food Poverty | Wednesday 8 November 2023
News: Scaling out local food systems: New research published
The local food sector is grappling with substantial challenges, according to a recent report, creating high barriers to market entry in a supermarket-dominated system. This include inadequate infrastructure for processing and retail, and fragmented sector coordination as major hurdles to growth in the 'critical' local food sector.
Local Food Plan | Thursday 13 June 2024
News: Spring Budget 2024: What did it deliver on food and farming?
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has presented his 2024 Spring Budget in the midst of an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, Sustain asks: So what did it deliver?
Sustain | Wednesday 6 March 2024
News: 'We Feed the UK' exhibition celebrates women-led initiatives nurturing nature-friendly food
Sophie Gerrard's 'Cultivating Equality' photography exhibition, the latest from We Feed the UK campaign, is taking place as part of Sustain's Good to Grow week 2024.
Good to Grow | Wednesday 17 April 2024
Page: Meet the 2025 Children’s Food Awards winners and finalists!
The Children’s Food Campaign announced the winners of our 2025 Children’s Food Awards at our Summit on Tuesday 25 February. Meet the winners and finalists below.
Children's Food Campaign
News: Not just pouches: Unhealthy baby and toddler food industry fully exposed
As BBC Panorama exposes the truth behind baby food pouches, groundbreaking new research from the University of Leeds including parent polling supported by Sustain, also throws a further spotlight on snacks, misleading marketing claims and the need for proper regulation of the baby food aisles. Children's Food Campaign is immediately calling on MPs and government to act.
Children's Food Campaign | Monday 28 April 2025
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.
