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News: Brexit watch - parliamentary resources

Two useful sources of information for food workers and campaigners trying to keep a tab on how withdrawal from the EU will affect food and food policy.
Sustain | Friday 5 May 2017

News: Food insecurity drives migration and conflict

A new report from the United Nations World Food Programme establishes that food insecurity leads to higher levels of migration across borders, and also to armed conflict -- which further increases migration.
Sustain | Friday 5 May 2017

News: Sustain appointed onto new London Food Board

Kath Dalmeny, CEO of Sustain, and Sarah Williams, Sustain’s Programme Director responsible for London Food Link, have been recruited to the London Food Board as a job share appointment to feed into the development and implementation of a new London Food strategy.
London Food Link | Friday 5 May 2017

News: New House of Lords Report on food, farming and Brexit

Sustain comments on the EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee report published today. The report looks at the implications of Brexit for UK agriculture and food, particularly the implications of leaving the EU's Common Agriculture Policy and the Single Market.
Sustain | Wednesday 3 May 2017

News: Artificial fertiliser biggest contributor to industrial loaf’s carbon footprint

University of Sheffield researchers have calculated that ammonium nitrate fertiliser accounts for 43% of the greenhouse gas emissions produced during the manufacture of a supermarket loaf ‘dwarfing all other processes in the supply chain.’
Real Bread Campaign | Wednesday 3 May 2017

News: Long-term gluten avoidance may increase heart disease risk

A study by scientists at Harvard University of 26 years of data from more than 110,000 people has concluded that ‘the promotion of gluten-free diets among people without celiac disease should not be encouraged.’
Real Bread Campaign | Wednesday 3 May 2017

News: Writing and photography opportunities for the Real Bread Campaign magazine

The editor of True Loaf magazine is looking for voluntary feature writers and phototgraphers.
Real Bread Campaign | Wednesday 3 May 2017

News: Two London boroughs first to sign declaration on sugar and healthy food

Lambeth and Tower Hamlets Councils sign the Local Government Declaration on Sugar Reduction and Healthier Food, promoted by Sustain.
Sustain | Tuesday 2 May 2017

News: Student sustainability researchers available

The National Union of Students (NUS), founders of Dissertations for Good, is offering a 10% discount to members of Sustain looking for students to help with research into economic, social and environmental sustainability.
Sustain | Tuesday 2 May 2017

News: The benefits of 3D farming

The event on 22 May focuses on the benefis of agroforestry, the thinking being that growing upwards as well as at ground level increases productivity, making the best use of light, nutrients and moisture.
Sustain | Monday 1 May 2017