News: Government to introduce new "healthy standard" for food industry
Health and food organisations have welcomed new plans requiring the food and drink industry to report on the overall healthiness of their sales, with possible targets to follow in the future.
Children's Food Campaign | Monday 30 June 2025
Events: Growing Food for Resilience - Stories from community gardens responding to the cost of living crisis
We welcome you to this event to launch Good to Grow Day 2023. Join us to hear from people working at the frontline to build resilience into their local communities.
Good to Grow | Monday 6 March 2023
News: New report finds that climate and energy crises have increased household food costs by £600
New research reveals that the increase in extreme weather incidents around the world is directly related to the cost of living crisis and may continue next year.
Sustain | Monday 27 November 2023
News: Low income families may miss out on £58m in food support due to Healthy Start scheme problems
Nearly £58 million in government nutritional support for families could go unclaimed this year due to inefficiencies in the Healthy Start scheme. Over a third of babies, young children and pregnant people are missing out on the support they're entitled to.
Sustainable Food Places | Wednesday 22 May 2024
News: Expert food growers wanted for Capital Growth’s 2025 training program
Capital Growth has launched its open call for next year’s training calendar. If you'd like to help deliver the London programme, send your proposals before the seasonal deadlines.
Capital Growth | Monday 25 November 2024
News: Calls to expand healthy school food in response to escalating parent and teacher concerns
The children's charity Barnardo's has joined the campaign for expansion of healthy school lunches, as parliamentarians are invited to rally behind the Superpowers of School Meals.
Children's Food Campaign | Wednesday 12 March 2025
Reports: Follow the Carrot: Can free school meal expansion boost the UK food and farming economy?
This report explores the economic opportunity that expanding free school meals offers for UK producers and wider public sector supply chains, and how to create a win-win effect for pupils, producers and the planet.
Sustain | Tuesday 9 September 2025
News: Food and health organisations tell Nestlé fake nutrition claims on KitKat cereal is 'irresponsible'
A group of food and health organisations has written to the chief executive officer of Nestlé UK and Ireland about its 'irresponsible' marketing campaign to launch a new sugary Kit Kat cereal.
Children's Food Campaign | Saturday 13 May 2023
Page: Connecting Community Food Enterprises Case Study: St. Andrew's Community Network
This case study details how St. Andrew's network of 11 food banks and 8 pantries operates across Liverpool, the challenges and opportunites they face, and how they are working to move from reliance on food aid to trading models with wraparound support.
Good Food Enterprise
Blog: New GMOs will evade scrutiny as controversial bill passes; fight to defend the food chain continues
The UK Government’s Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill, which exempts some genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from vital regulatory safeguards, is about to become law. That’s bad news for anyone who cares about food sovereignty but there could be much worse to come, writes Liz O'Neill of GM Freeze in a guest blog for Sustain.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Monday 6 March 2023
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.
