Blog: Youth perspectives research on sustainable food and farming careers
Sustain is undertaking research to explore the diverse career paths available in the sustainable food sector and how we want to inspire and guide 16 to 30-year-olds from underrepresented backgrounds to explore opportunities.
Roots to Work | Monday 17 June 2024
Blog: Developing green skills for the sustainable food production workforce
First Hand has launched a place-based training and skills programme to develop and embed green skills into food production and manufacturing to support the green transformation of the industry.
Roots to Work | Tuesday 25 June 2024
News: UK’s first social impact tool for the food & drink industry unveiled
Sustainable Food Places member Forth Valley Food Futures has developed what is believed to be the UK’s first social impact auditing tool for the food and drink industry.
Sustainable Food Places | Thursday 9 May 2024
News: Sustain launch E-action for upcoming parliamentary debate on fairness in the food supply chain
100,000 people have joined Riverford Organic Farmers’ #GetFairAboutFarming campaign to call the Government to protect farmers from unfair behaviour. The Government have announced a debate on the issue and Sustain are asking the public to write to their MPs to attend the debate.
Sustain | Monday 18 December 2023
Page: Sustain trustees share their routes into sustainable food and farming
The short documentary hears from trustees Shefalee Loth, from Which?; Dr Kawther Hashem from Action on Salt, Sugar and Healt; Jyoti Fernandes, from Landworkers Alliance and Raksha Mistry from the Soil Association. They speak about challenges and opportunities in their roles and sectors, from access to land to perceptions of being a woman of colour, and touch on cross-cutting issues in food justice and public health.
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News: Eight winners revealed in Jamie Oliver Good School Food Awards
Children's Food Campaign was delighted to support the judging of the 2024 Jamie Oliver Good School Food Awards, with the winning head teachers, chefs and young activists bringing more inspiration to the world of school food.
Children's Food Campaign | Monday 24 June 2024
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
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.
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News: Latest carbon budget requires food and farming to be at the heart of climate action
Agriculture is set to become the UK’s largest emissions source by 2050, with specific reduction targets set for livestock and meat.
Food for the Planet | Wednesday 26 February 2025
Blog: From local action to London-wide impact: The legacy of Food Roots 2
As the Food Roots 2 programme comes to a close, Lula Wattam and Isabel Rice at Sustain celebrate the powerful impact this initiative has had on strengthening local food partnerships across London.
Sustainable Food Places | Wednesday 6 August 2025
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