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News: Keeping up with China's appetite

An English-Chinese website that tracks China's struggle to make its food and farming practices more sustainable has launched an investigation into the fishing industry.
Sustain | Friday 19 May 2017

News: Access to student sustainability researchers

Sustain members get 10% discount on pool of student sustainability researchers.
Sustain | Friday 19 May 2017

News: Chips must help save seeds, President tells food industry

No-drama Obama stays calm as he confirms that anthropogenic climate change threatens global food security, and requires urgent action by food enrepreneurs and innovators.
Sustain | Friday 19 May 2017

News: Pay ratios come out of the closet

Considered until recently to be an unrealistic 'ask' that would alienate businesses, the idea that pay ratios should be published has found its way into both Labour and Conservative election manifestos. Sustain welcomes the development, because some of the widest pay ratios are in the food sector.
Sustain | Friday 19 May 2017

News: The Future is Flexitarian

Following a survey finding that nearly half the British public is willing or already committed to cutting down on meat, a new report shows how some companies are responding to this trend, but others lag behind.
Sustain | Friday 19 May 2017

News: Conservatives propose big changes to free school meal provision

Sustain respond to the Conservative's pledge in their manifesto to end the provision of universal infant free school meals and offer free breakfasts to all primary school pupils instead.
Sustain | Thursday 18 May 2017

News: Food Co-ops: feeding the community

From wholefood shops to veg box schemes, market stalls and buying clubs, food co-ops come in many shapes and sizes, but how are they faring in 2017. Food co-op researcher and Sustain volunteer Celia Plender finds out.
Food Co-ops | Thursday 18 May 2017

Blog: New routes to better markets for farmers and growers

Whilst Brexit is forcing a rethink of a crucial portion of most UK farm incomes - the farm subsidies - when we leave the European Common Agriculture Policy, it would be a mistake to ignore the market side of the calculation. How will farmers secure a decent return from the market place for decent food production, with (or even scarier, without) subsidies?
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Monday 15 May 2017

News: Please send your #RealBreadWeek photos and feedback

As part of a small charity, the Real Bread Campaign needs to keep demonstrating to our trustees; and potential grant funders, donors and supporters that what we do works, is of value, and so is worth continuing and supporting.
Real Bread Campaign | Monday 15 May 2017

News: New routes to better markets for farmers and growers

Whilst Brexit is forcing a rethink of a crucial portion of most UK farm incomes - the farm subsidies - when we leave the European Common Agriculture Policy, it would be a mistake to ignore the market side of the calculation. How will farmers secure a decent return from the market place for decent food production, with (or even scarier, without) subsidies? With the single market possibly gone, and new trade deals and huge regulatory changes ahead it seems crucial to ensure farmers have access to a diverse and fairly trading marketplace.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Monday 15 May 2017