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News: Goodbye glyphosate?

As a new study shows that persistent exposure to even low levels of the herbicide causes fatty liver disease in rats, campaigners ask why it is still being used on food crops.
Sustain | Friday 13 January 2017

News: Nominations wanted for food writers awards

Entries are now being accepted for the 2017 Guild of Food Writers awards, which recognise outstanding achievements in food writing and broadcasting.
Sustain | Friday 13 January 2017

News: Local food can save the countryside

The conservation organisation CPRE has produced a guide to local food, on the grounds that choosing local products helps to preserve the character of the countryside and the livelihoods of the people who look after it.
Sustain | Friday 13 January 2017

News: A festival of food thinking in Nottingham

An exciting line-up of speakers promises Food for Thought at the School of Artisan Food's annual weekend of lectures.
Sustain | Friday 13 January 2017

News: London grows over 20 tonnes of food in 2016

Instead of jumping straight in the new year’s resolution bandwagon, at Capital Growth we have started the year by looking back at how much has been grown in London's gardens in 2016 - and the results are very exciting!
Sustain | Thursday 12 January 2017

News: Save the date for the Local Food Feast

Join London Food Link on 30 March 2017 for a sumptuous, seasonal feast - created by chef Oliver Rowe - showcasing the best of London’s local larder.
London Food Link | Wednesday 11 January 2017

News: True Loaf issue 30: competition and features

The January-April 2017 issue of the Real Bread Campaign magazine includes a prize compettion and features on freshly-milled flour, the #ourfield cereal Community Supported Agriculture cooperative, dust to crust, eateries making Real Bread the king of the table, and baking in Shetland.
Real Bread Campaign | Monday 9 January 2017

News: A tale of two visions of farming

While the bigwigs of agribusiness gathered at the Oxford Farming Conference, the do-ers and thinkers of sustainable farming gathered in another part of the city. Two days of debate and workshops at the Oxford Real Farming Conference kicked off with a panel discussion featuring Sustain's coordinator Kath Dalmeny.
Sustain | Friday 6 January 2017

News: Defra's Brexit plans to date: large billboards will be abolished

Andrea Leadsom's speech to the Oxford Farming Conference was seen as an opportunity for her to share her department's thinking on farming post-Brexit. In the event, it was long on rhetoric, but short on specifics.
Sustain | Friday 6 January 2017

News: 2017: the end of sugar?

The year dawned with a flurry of sugar activity, including the revelation that children consume half their recommended daily intake at breakfast, a book claiming there may be no safe minimum consumption, and research warning that there is no evidence that artificial sweeteners are better for health or weight control.
Sustain | Friday 6 January 2017