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News: Opportunity for London good food producers

Grow or make good food in a London borough? The London Food Link team is looking for creators of delicious, ultra-local London produce to feature on this year’s Urban Food Fortnight suppliers list.
Urban Food Fortnight | Thursday 21 May 2015

News: Real Bread Campaign announces The Uprising event

Tickets are now on sale for Real Bread: The Uprising on Saturday 12 September at SOAS, University of London.
Real Bread Campaign | Wednesday 20 May 2015

News: Baked product chain leaves loaf making to Real Bread bakeries

The Real Bread Campaign has reacted to a national chain marketing itself as ‘the bakers’ admitting yesterday it is now only selling loaves ‘where we see high levels of customer demand’.
Sustain | Wednesday 20 May 2015

News: Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Food votes Real Bread

Richard Lochhead MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Food, chose a Real Bread Campaign supporter bakery to launch a new £70m support scheme for Scottish food and drink businesses.
Sustain | Tuesday 19 May 2015

News: Uprising against Oxfordshire hospital kitchen closures gathers pace

Local campaigners ramp up the pressure to stop kitchen closures at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
Better Hospital Food | Tuesday 19 May 2015

News: Tesco sets out sugary drinks reformulation plan

The Children's Food Campaign welcomes Tesco's commitment to reduce the sugar content of its own soft drinks range year-on-year.  One of the big failures of the Government's Responsibility Deal has been the unwillingness of companies to commit to quantifiable pledges - reducing fat, sugar and calories by a specific amount within a specific time frame. Even companies like Coca Cola admit that proper targets, publicly made and held accountable, help override internal resistance to reformulation. Read more...
Children's Food Campaign | Monday 18 May 2015

News: UK's largest food wholesaler signs Sustainable Fish Cities Pledge

The commitment means that Brakes' own brand, general sale range will only contain fish which complies with the tough Sustainable Fish Cities pledge. To celebrate, divers at SEA LIFE London Aquarium held an underwater fish supper surrounded by their resident turtles and sharks.
Sustainable Fish | Friday 15 May 2015

News: An alliance to defend the laws that defend our nature

An alliance of 100 nature conservation organisations across Europe including the RSPB, WWF and Friends of the Earth are joining forces to defend the EU Nature Directives which have underpinned conservation in the UK and Europe for the last 30 years. The alliance warns that the European Commission's REFIT 'Fitness Check' of the Birds and Habitats Directives is the single biggest threat to UK and European nature and biodiversity in a generation. The EC has launched a 12-week public internet consultation, open to all. 
Sustain | Friday 15 May 2015

News: Small scale cider producers fight proposed duty change

Sustain members CAMRA (the Campaign for Real Ale) and the Landworkers Alliance want small scale cider and perry producers to get in touch with them to help protect the industry. The EU is proposing to ban the UK's small cider producer duty exemption. This exemption supports very small scale cider and perry makers and banning it could lead to a tax charge that could drive them out of business. CAMRA have organised a petition against the proposal while the Landworkers Alliance want to work with cider and perry makers to make a statement and produce case studies.
Sustain | Friday 15 May 2015

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