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
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
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
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
Events: Free beginner food growing session on growing for the school calendar
In this free beginner food growing session in partnership with The Royal Parks, we'll learn all about establishing and maintaining a school food garden that matches the academic calendar.
Capital Growth | Tuesday 20 June 2023
Blog: Fact check: Will ‘facing down’ factory farm objectors really strengthen UK food security?
“We are going to have to face down those people who say they do not want to see further production facilities. Because we need to feed our country”. Lily O'Mara addresses recent words from Minister Daniel Zeichner, and breaks down the cost and impact of intensive livestock farming.
Food for the Planet | Monday 23 December 2024
News: Open call for Capital Growth’s London 2023 food growing training calendar now live!
It’s official – Capital Growth has launched its open call for this year’s training calendar. If you’re interested in helping to deliver this year’s London programme, send your proposals to the team before the seasonal deadlines.
Capital Growth | Monday 23 January 2023
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