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News: Online farmers’ market set to launch in Exeter

Food Exeter formed a new community benefit society, Good Food Exeter, and is launching a brand-new online farmer’s market 9 June.
Veg Cities | Wednesday 3 June 2020

News: Grassroots food groups working toward community resilience

A growing number of grassroots and Mutual Aid networks are now planning long-term community-based activities as the threat of Covid eases but food insecurity persists.
Coronavirus Food Alert | Wednesday 3 June 2020

Reports: A green and pressured land: making sense of the many competing demands for rural and peri-urban land

This new briefing "A Green and Pressured Land - making sense of the many competing demands for rural and peri-urban land" looks at the many pressures on land in the UK and our use of land overseas, including the impact of agriculture and the types of food consumed.
Sustain | Wednesday 3 June 2020

News: New manifesto identifies 'fast actions' to keep food SMEs in business

COVID-19 has exposed the inflexibility of the UK’s food supply chains. A report by the Dynamic Food Procurement National Advisory Board calls on government and local areas to do better in a new 'Manifesto for a resilient, adaptable and sustainable UK food system.'
Coronavirus Food Alert | Wednesday 3 June 2020

News: Turnip the spotlight onto veggies with #SwitchUpYourLunch

To encourage everyone in Oxfordshire to consider the environmental impacts of food choices, Good Food Oxford, Oxfordshire Greentech and other partner organisations asked people, companies, schools, universities and community groups in the region (and beyond) to pledge to eat a vegetarian lunch on the 8 June 2020.
Veg Cities | Tuesday 2 June 2020

Article: The constant baker

Chris Young spoke to Rory Cellan-Jones, the BBC's Technology Correspondent, about his passion for Real Bread making.
Real Bread Campaign | Tuesday 2 June 2020

Blog: Cutting cola to cool our planet: on sugar and the climate and nature emergency

Is our fizzy drink fix frying the planet? Yes, say Sustain’s climate and health campaigners. Cutting down sugar is a quick-win for cutting our environmental footprint.
Sugar Smart UK | Tuesday 2 June 2020

Reports: Parlimentary briefing: Food and the Covid-19 pandemic, May 2020

Admirable national and local efforts were made to identify and support 1.5 million clinically vulnerable people but this would have been much easier had the infrastructure of a thriving meals-on-wheels service already been in existence. Furthermore, the Government has been reluctant to acknowledge financial vulnerability which was already prevalent in the UK and has only been exacerbated during the pandemic.
Sustain | Tuesday 2 June 2020

Reports: Learning from the response to food vulnerability during Covid-19: Summary report from the Food Power Gathering

This briefing summarises attendees' reflections and provides useful insights for those operating at both local and national levels.
Food Poverty | Monday 1 June 2020

News: Manchester bowling green converted into an urban farm to provide food for the Covid response

Community group Manchester Urban Diggers (MUD) has launched a new veg box scheme using produce grown on an abandoned bowling green in Platt Fields Park, South Manchester. The veg boxes are providing a vital food supply for people during the coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus Food Alert | Monday 1 June 2020