News: New Feedback report exposes businesses ‘dumping’ food waste on food aid charities
‘Used By: How businesses dump their waste on food charities’ exposes the stark reality of food redistribution in the UK, with businesses using food aid providers as a dumping ground for their unwanted waste.
Food Poverty | Thursday 27 March 2025
News: KFC plus infant and toddler food brands come under fire at 2025 Children's Food Awards
Several leading baby and toddler food brands have been condemned for healthwashing, high levels of sugar and inappropriate marketing practices at the 2025 Children’s Food Awards, which also saw KFC crowned the Commercial Villain of the Year for lobbying against local healthy planning policy.
Children's Food Campaign | Tuesday 25 February 2025
News: Parliamentary committee calls for sustainable food production to support a resilient food system
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee report into environmental change and food security made multiple recommendations that chime with calls from the Sustain alliance.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Friday 8 December 2023
Blog: Beyond supermarkets: How local food systems are closing the loop on food waste
Sustain’s Local Food Retail Coordinator, Charlotte Gage, argues that focusing on addressing supermarket waste does not go far enough to tackle the issue of food waste, and shares what we could learn from local food systems.
Local Food Plan | Thursday 28 November 2024
News: New RSPB report ‘Without Nature There Is No Food’ makes the case for eco food labelling
In its Without Nature There Is No Food report, the RSPB examines the vital relationship between biodiversity and food security, presenting the 'Fair to Nature' label on food products as a mutually beneficial solution for farmers, consumers and wildlife.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Thursday 11 January 2024
News: The Food Foundation's latest report reveals stark increase in price of healthy food
Healthier foods are more than twice as expensive per calorie than less healthy foods and less available, according to The Food Foundation’s latest report on trends impacting UK food system.
Sustain | Wednesday 29 January 2025
News: Good Food Oxfordshire launches short food supply initiative
“OxFarmToFork” aims to enable Oxfordshire's institutions to buy directly from local agro-ecological food producers across the county.
Sustainable Food Places | Thursday 2 May 2024
Reports: How councils can embed participation into their work to combat food poverty and build a better food system
This briefing paper sets out our preliminary findings on what councils can do to co-design or co-produce their work on better food systems with residents facing poverty.
Food Poverty | Thursday 9 February 2023
News: Behind the garden gate: how London’s food gardens are producing much more than just food
The 2023-2024 Capital Growth members’ survey has shown that gardens are thriving when it comes to supporting people’s health and wellbeing and increasing biodiversity, but more investment is still needed in green jobs and training.
Capital Growth | Tuesday 20 August 2024
Reports: Unpicking food prices: Where does your food pound go, and why do farmers get so little?
UK farmers are often left with far less than 1p profit of the food they produce, our new report reveals.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Friday 2 December 2022
Sustainable Farming 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.
