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News: Chef’s Challenge to create the best plant-centred dish kicks off in Glasgow

The Glasgow Community Food Network is organising a competition aimed at Glasgow chefs. 16 cafes and restaurants will receive a “mystery” box of vegetables grown in and around Glasgow to create a brand new plant-centred dish.
Veg Cities | Tuesday 25 September 2018

News: High sugar diet makes mental illness more likely in men

Men with high sugar intakes have an increased likelihood of common mental disorders (such as anxiety and depression) after 5 years compared to those with low intake, according to a recent study. The research also showed that having a mood disorder did not make people more inclined to eat foods with a high-sugar content.
Sugar Smart UK | Tuesday 25 September 2018

Page: 2018, September: Sustain co-hosts fringe event at Labour Party conference

Sustain worked with SERA - Labour's Environment Campaign - and Wildlife & Countryside link (including WWT, RSPB, Woodland Trust, RSPCA and National Trust) to host an event at the Labour Party Conference, 25 September 2018, in Liverpool.
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News: US farms still using antibiotics which are ‘crucial’ for human health

Meat sample tests show that powerful antibiotics which should be reserved for human health are being used on livestock farms across the US despite rules being brought in last year to limit their use.
Save Our Antibiotics | Monday 24 September 2018

News: A Labour government would rethink fishing quotas and set up new fund for sustainable fishing and farming

In a new environmental policy ‘The Green Transformation’, released yesterday, Labour set out bold new proposals for fishing as part of three key priorities; addressing climate change, air and water quality, and reversing biodiversity loss.
Sustainable Fish | Monday 24 September 2018

Article: Feeding The City

Our food system is unsustainable, the challenge is how to change this. Feeding the City project manager Harriet Symes says that’s what the initiative is about as she chats to people behind the three London enterprises involved.
London Food Link | Friday 21 September 2018

News: Ten questions you may have on the new Agriculture Bill

Three politically charged words sum up the problem of trying to assess whether the draft Agriculture Bill published last week will work: budget, duties and trade. Will there be a budget to do what it needs to deliver? Will any of the powers in the Bill mean anything if they do not need to be taken up? And how does any of this matter if we end up with a poor or ‘no deal’ with the EU and deals with other counties that undermine standards? All these are huge unknowns yet they may have deep impacts on whether the Bill delivers a better farming future. With those fundamental uncertainties in mind, and the fact that the Bill has its second reading on 10 October, the following are ten key questions about the Bill and our attempts to answer them:*
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Thursday 20 September 2018

Article: London’s biggest celebration of urban food is back

Get ready to dive into everything good about food in London this Urban Food Fortnight. From 20th September to 7th October, Londoners will be treated to the biggest ever menu of good food events, celebrating all that is grown, made, cooked, saved, foraged and – even bigger this year – fermented in the capital.
London Food Link | Thursday 20 September 2018

Article: Farmers: Bradfields Farm Dairy

Only 10 miles from the M25, this is one of the few small farm dairies left around London, and one of the last remaining in Essex. Rebecca Tyers from London Farmers’ Markets catches up with the family.
London Food Link | Thursday 20 September 2018

News: London’s larder is open as Urban Food Fortnight begins

Urban Food Fortnight kicks off today, and with almost 100 events celebrating all that is grown, made, cooked, saved, foraged and fermented in the capital, get ready to slurp, sip and sample the good stuff.
Jellied Eel | Thursday 20 September 2018