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News: Local food links converge to turn ideas into action

Over the last ten years, local food has become of increasing interest to people as concerns about where our food comes from and how it is produced have escalated. To address these concerns, policy makers and practitioners involved with local food will converge on the Kindersley Centre in Berkshire..
Good Food on the Public Plate | Friday 21 November 2003

News: Children's Food Campaign welcomes Jamie Oliver's 'Feed me even better' manifesto

Food campaigners respond positively to Jamie Oliver's new push on school food and call on the Government to invest in children's health and wellbeing.
Children's Food Campaign | Tuesday 25 October 2011

Blog: Introducing Bridging the Gap, making agroecological food affordable to all

Bridging the Gap is an ambitious new programme, coordinated by Sustain. Here Sarah Williams, Programmes Director at Sustain, sets out how the alliance experience has built towards this ambition and how the work aims to bridge not only the broken food system but also divisions in the movement. 
Bridging the Gap | Wednesday 17 August 2022

Page: London Food Link

Bringing together community food enterprises and projects that are working to make good food accessible to everyone in London to help create a healthy, sustainable and ethical food system for all.
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News: Calls for local authorities to do more to reduce food and farming emissions

New report by food and farming charity Sustain shows that 22 London councils omit food and farming from their climate plans.
Jellied Eel | Thursday 10 November 2022

News: Call for standards for food aid

A leading food poverty organisation argues that the food aid model does not help food inequality, yet is favoured by the government, promoted by some charities, supported by the press and largely trusted by the public.
Food Poverty | Thursday 13 June 2019

Blog: What role does finance play in creating a fairer food system?

Simon Crichton from Triodos Bank UK’s specialist food and farming business banking team explains how banks could help the transition towards agro-ecological farming.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Friday 1 May 2020

Reports: How Green are our Apples? (Food Facts No. 4)

Despite increasing consumer interest in eating more fresh fruit, over half of the nation's apple orchards have been destroyed in the last thirty years. That production which remains in the UK has become more intensive, with Cox's apples receiving on average 16 pesticide sprays containing 36 active substances. These reports show how the UK could be using fewer chemicals and growing more varieties.
Food Facts | Saturday 1 March 2003

Reports: The Pear Essentials (Food Facts No. 3)

Despite increasing consumer interest in eating more fresh fruit, over half of the nation's pear orchards have been destroyed in the last thirty years. This reports show how the UK could be using fewer chemicals and growing more varieties of pears.
Food Facts | Monday 31 March 2003

News: A Department of Food for Every City

Research from New York based University at Buffalo has shown a lack of engagement with food policy by local government in the US. They found that few of the planning department officials they surveyed cited food as a key priority in their work. Academics from the University say this is leading to food access and health problems for local consumers as well as a lack of support for local farmers. They would like to see a greater priority given to food systems in local government, calling for food policy councils, like those already operating in Washington and Baltimore, in every city. See also Sustain's work on Sustainable Food Cities here.
Sustain | Friday 24 April 2015


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