Reports: Food Supply and Distribution - evaluation of this strand of the Making Local Food Work programme
Independent evaluation of the Food Supply and Distribution strand of the Making Local Food Work programme, conducted by Dr Stuart Jones of the Programme for Community Regeneration at the University of Glamorgan
Making Local Food Work | Tuesday 27 March 2012
Reports: Information Technology and small-scale food organisations: Is IT a nightmare?
This paper aims to share the experience that Sustain has had in working with community-run enterprises that trade in local and sustainable food, to develop Information Technology (IT) systems to support their work.
Making Local Food Work | Thursday 8 March 2012
Reports: Capital Growth monitoring survey findings, Feb 2012
This report presents feedback from Capital Growth food-growing spaces between October 2010 and October 2011. The first 1,000 Capital Growth spaces were asked to provide feedback on their projects, the support they have received and the wider impact of food growing. In total, 727 groups completed the survey, whose food growing sites involve 32,026 people across London.
Capital Growth | Tuesday 28 February 2012
Reports: Sustainable Fish City Top Swaps for Restaurants - help your customers eat sustainable fish
Give your customers the confidence that you are taking a responsible approach to buying and serving fish. You will be helping protect precious fish, marine environments and good fishing livelihoods for years to come. Reduce the pressure on popular fish species by making simple swaps to species and fishing methods that are more sustainable. This 3-page guide gives straightforward information about the problems that need to be tackled and provides tips on sustainable options for popular species such as tuna, haddock, cod, salmon and halibut.
Sustainable Fish | Sunday 1 January 2012
Reports: Sustainable Fish City Top Ten Swaps for consumers - choosing sustainable fish when you go shopping
Reduce the pressure on popular fish species by making simple swaps to species and fishing methods that are more sustainable. You will be helping protect precious fish, marine environments and good fishing livelihoods for years to come.
Sustainable Fish | Sunday 1 January 2012
Reports: The 21st century gingerbread house - how companies are marketing junk food to children online
This joint report from the Children's Food Campaign (CFC) and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) reveals the manipulative tactics junk food manufacturers use to hook children while they play online and entice them to eat foods loaded with fat, salt and sugar.
Children's Food Campaign | Friday 18 November 2011
Reports: Good Food for London 2011
The 2011 Good Food for London report provides maps of London's 33 Boroughs to reveal how London Boroughs are taking action to help create a healthy and sustainable food system, for the benefit of everyone. It assesses London Borough progress on issues such as community food growing, school food, food waste, encouraging food outlets to serve healthier food, and buying ethical products, including Fairtrade, free range eggs and sustainable fish.
London Food Link | Thursday 17 November 2011
Reports: Case Study of a Health Crisis: Human health under threat from overuse of antibiotics in farming
Case Study of a Health Crisis finds there has been an alarming rise in new farm superbugs, especially MRSA and E. coli that are passing to humans. The report links this rise to the fact that nearly 50% of all antibiotics are used in farming and argues that one of the fundamental causes of food and animal-related antibiotic resistance is factory farming.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Thursday 17 November 2011
Reports: Dishing out failing food standards - comparing Government Buying Standards to those of McDonald's
This report compares 'Government Buying Standards' (which apply to food served in government departments, parts of the military and state-funded prisons) to the environmental and ethical standards of food served at McDonald's, the global fast food giant, and finds that Government food standards are worse than McDonald's.
Good Food for Our Money Campaign | Wednesday 16 November 2011
Reports: Menu for Change: How a commitment to good food can help the candidates for London Mayor
London is one of the few major cities in the world to have a food strategy, and to have recognised the need for local government, businesses and communities to take action to address the very significant impact that a city's food has on health, jobs, animal welfare and the environment. Written for London's 2012 mayoral election, this report outlines how important objectives can be achieved through good food policy by London's mayor.
London Food Link | Thursday 10 November 2011
