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News: Fab five! New student food enterprises launched

The first five student-led food enterprises supported by Sustain’s Food Co-ops Network, were launched earlier this year with funding from the NUS Student Eats programme. Following the first few months of trading, we check in on their progress.
Food Co-ops | Friday 21 July 2017

News: Food industry heavyweights' Brexit alarm

Food manufacturers and retailers are increasingly worried, not just about about the impacts of Brexit but also about the pace and vagueness of the negotiations. Two new publications spell out their concerns and preferred solutions, published by two heavyweight trade associations.
Good Food Trade Campaign | Friday 21 July 2017

News: Blythman slams Sainsbury 'Fairtrade fiasco'

Food campaigner Joanna Blythman calls Sainsbury's recent decision (reported here) to replace Fairtrade certification with its own 'weak and woollly' equivalent 'an almighty PR fiasco'. Read her comments here.
Sustain | Friday 21 July 2017

News: Choking on a global scale

Thinktank Chatham House has analysed global food trade routes and identified 'chokepoints' -- places where large volumes of foods pass through bottlenecks, posing an unrecognised risk to the world's food system.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Friday 21 July 2017

News: It turns out that no-one rules the waves

With the ocean increasingly under siege from climate change, pollution, over-fishing, industrial activity and plastics, it is troubling that 60% of it has no conservation rules because it is outside national jurisdiction. Now the UN has plans for 'BBNJ' -- Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction.
Sustainable Fish | Friday 21 July 2017

News: Leading food policy thinkers call for vision and action on Brexit

Three professors who have spent their careers analysing food governance have produced a report identifying no fewer than 16 issues on which a disorderly exit from the EU could imperil the security of Britain's food supply.
Good Food Trade Campaign | Friday 21 July 2017

News: Launching the Community Fridge network

Pioneered in London by the People’s Fridge in Brixton (see Jellied Eel issue 54), these are communal chillers where people and businesses can reduce waste by sharing surplus food with other members of the local community.
Food Waste | Friday 21 July 2017

News: Government review of Grocery abuse watchdog - Our comment

The Government review of the work of the Groceries Code Adjudicator was published today and suggests that the Adjudicator is working well and has any on-going problems in hand. The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility, Margot James MP, must now take the next step and extend its remit to support farmers.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Thursday 20 July 2017

News: Durham SUGAR SMART launches with cross-sector support

SUGAR SMART Durham launched 10th July with a number of partners across sectors leading the way to reduce overconsumption of sugar across County Durham.
Sustain | Tuesday 18 July 2017

News: Commons Committee chairs announced

As Parliament regroups after the snap election, the names of the chairs of Parliament's influential, cross-party Select Committees have been listed.
Sustain | Friday 14 July 2017