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Article: Sowing seeds of hope in food deserts

Virtuous Bread and Bread Angels founder Jane Mason considers the role microbakers can play in feeding and strengthening a community.
Real Bread Campaign | Monday 14 March 2022

News: Awards open for entries

Entries and nominations invited from home bakers, bakery owners and their customers.
Real Bread Campaign | Monday 14 March 2022

Page: Brexit and Trade

As the UK builds a future outside of the European Union it will create new policies that have huge implications for people, the environment and the food we produce and eat. Sustain is campaigning to ensure that decision makers uphold good standards in the UK as these benefit people and the planet at home and overseas. We focus on protecting existing high food, farming and fishing standards, advocating for improvements and reflecting the concerns of concerned citizens, independent or smaller producers and those experiencing disadvantage.
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Pages: National Food Strategy

Launched in two parts over 2020-2021, the National Food Strategy was an independent review commissioned by government to set out a vision and a plan for a better food system. The Government responded to it with its own 'strategy', published in June 2022 (six months late).
National Food Strategy

News: Over 300,000 families could miss out on free food scheme as digital switch over fails

As the cost of living crisis deepens, more than 300,000* families in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are set to miss out on a free food scheme they are eligible for as a digital switch over has gone badly wrong.
Veg Cities | Thursday 10 March 2022

News: Public overwhelmingly supports universal free school meals in primary schools

New public polling to mark International School Meals Day (10 March) reveals the majority of UK adults would like all primary school children to receive free school meals as one way the Government could support families to cope with rising costs of living, with even greater support when the public are told of plans in Scotland and Wales.
Children's Food Campaign | Thursday 10 March 2022

Reports: Policy Brief: Healthy Start digital scheme letting down families

Since October 2021, families have been reporting problems with applying for Healthy Start digital cards, using the cards and getting access to the helpline. Front line public health teams, food organisations and child health clinicians are concerned that many more families will lose out on a benefit they are entitled to.
Sustain | Thursday 10 March 2022

Article: Roots to Work: The Market Gardener

Chrissy Harrison is an urban market gardener, growing amazing salads and crops for veg box customers, after having to pivot from a focus on restaurant sales, during the pandemic. Here she talks to Hannah Crump about life as a city-based farmer.
London Food Link | Wednesday 9 March 2022

Page: Healthy Start map: Estimated loss to families in 2021

In 2021, on average only 54% of eligible families were receiving Healthy Start vouchers, which help parents of young children and pregnant women buy fruit, vegetables, milk and infant formula. As a result, hundreds of thousands missed out on this much-needed scheme - a huge loss to families struggling to cover the rising cost of living. In our Healthy Start map we highlight the estimated cash shortfall for families in each Local Authority, as well as the average take up in each area during 2021.
Food Poverty

Reports: Sustain response to Defra consultation on ending the retail sale of peat in horticulture in England and Wales

Sustain has submitted a response to Defra’s consultation on ‘ending the retail sale of peat in horticulture in England and Wales’. An important step towards a complete ban on peat sales, we are glad to see the UK and Welsh Governments proposing this ban. However, we call for swifter and broader action to protect the climate, nature, and people.
Veg Cities | Wednesday 9 March 2022