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News: Healthy food policies to promote childhood health and reduce obesity in New Zealand are lacking

This is according to an assessment of policy priorities by a panel of more than 50 of the country’s public health professionals, medical practitioners and NGO leaders. The panel reviewed all the evidence on recent government actions and rated the degree of implementation compared to international benchmarks, in what is being described as the first systematic study on national food policies in the world. The report was part of work by the INFORMAS network to develop the first Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI).
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

Events: COP26 Panel Discussion Food Justice in the UK

Climate change and growing inequality are two of the biggest issues shaping our food system and exacerbated by it. This is a decisive moment to align movements around climate, right to food, and community food resilience.
Sustain | Thursday 4 November 2021

Blog: Time to Invest in Local Food Hubs

Food hubs have been circling as a concept to increase supply of local food and shorten supply chains for many years, but perhaps finally their time has come. Martin Yarnit explores their potential for responding to the opportunities and needs exposed by the events of the last year.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Tuesday 2 February 2021

News: London councils go the extra mile to support residents to grow food

Five councils have been highlighted for supporting their residents to access land and support to grow food before and during the Covid-19 crisis, in a new report published by Sustain’s London Food Link network.
Capital Growth | Tuesday 1 December 2020

News: Scotland revises hospital food standards

Revised standards for Scottish hospital food are to be introduced later this year.
Sustain | Saturday 25 July 2015

Reports: Briefing: Local Food - benefits, obstacles and opportunities

This paper gives an overview of what local food economies are, the benefits of and obstacles to more local food, and the priority measures needed to support local food economies.
Making Local Food Work | Tuesday 1 January 2002

News: New briefing warns EU trade talks threaten food safety and animal welfare

Friends of the Earth Europe, Compassion in World Farming, IATP, Grain and the Centre for Food Safety have produced a new briefing on the controversial TTIP trade agreement. The briefing warns the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, a trade agreement being negotiated between the US and the EU, could threaten healthy sustainable diets by putting trade interests ahead of food safety concerns, as well as shifting power from national governments to a new trade committee.  
Sustain | Friday 13 March 2015

Reports: Feeding the Future: Policy options for local food - A discussion paper

Written in 2003, this report sets out the many policy ideas generated over recent years to support the local food sector, and to stimulate policy initiatives to complement and support activities across local and regional levels.
Making Local Food Work | Thursday 1 January 2004

Events: The cost of living and local action by food partnerships

With food inflation reaching 13.1% and 7.3 million adults already experiencing food insecurity, many food partnerships are planning for an anxious Winter ahead, and seeking to understand their role during the crisis.
Sustainable Food Places | Monday 7 November 2022

News: Will Rishi Sunak's Spring Budget deliver children's healthy food?

Sustain has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to make the Spring Budget count in tackling rising food insecurity for children and childhood obesity alike.
Children's Food Campaign | Tuesday 2 March 2021


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