Reports: Good Food Training for London: What we have learned
Good Food Training for London was set up in 2007 to provide free-of-charge food skills training to around 1,000 catering, procurement and other staff in schools, hospitals, prisons and care settings in London. The Mayor's London Food Strategy recognised that to secure benefits to health, the environment and the London economy, catering staff needed the skills and knowledge to plan, prepare and serve healthy, seasonal and locally-produced menus. Based on practical experiences of what works and analysis of the barriers to change, this report develops recommendations for future training policy, next steps for the training project and practical activities for London and the wider public sector.
Good Food Training | Sunday 31 May 2009
Reports: Junk food for babies? An investigation into foods marketed for babies and young children
The UK baby food market is worth an estimated £315 million annually, and many food products marketed for babies and young children carry claims about their nutritional value, such as 'added vitamins', 'contains calcium' or 'no added salt'.
Prompted by the discovery that a leading brand of biscuits for babies and young children contained trans fats, the Children's Food Campaign undertook a survey of foods marketed for babies and young children, analysing the nutritional information provided for 107 foods marketed for babies and young children available from UK supermarkets. The findings were concerning.
Children's Food Campaign | Thursday 30 April 2009
Reports: Through the Back Door: An exposé of educational material produced by the food industry
For many years parents and a range of public health groups have warned that children are being heavily targeted with marketing for junk food on, for example, TV, the internet and on posters near schools. However, largely hidden from parents, many companies have been developing materials for schools that are cleverly designed to promote their products in schools. These 'teaching packs' are usually available to download from company websites, although some packs are sent directly to schools. They are supposed to provide schools and children with factual and impartial ways of understanding the world around them. But this research by the Children's Food Campaign has found a series of highly concerning features with this material.
Children's Food Campaign | Monday 1 December 2008
Reports: Good Food on the Public Plate Evaluation Report
This report details the outcome of the evaluation of phase two of the Good Food on the Public Plate project. This evaluation was run by F3: The local food consultants and found that without exception, participants welcomed the support the project provided. They also found that the project targets were very challenging but that there has undoubtedly been a positive, tangible contribution to increasing the level of sustainable consumption by target public sector organisations.
Good Food on the Public Plate | Monday 1 December 2008
Reports: Cut price, what cost? How supermarkets can affect your chances of a healthy diet
The report 'Cut price, what cost?' (2008) rates the UK's leading supermarkets against each other, showing big differences between the supermarkets in terms of how they promote healthy eating to their customers, and make healthier food affordable. It is one of a series of 7 reports published by the National Consumer Council, working with Sustain and the Food Commission, that also measured and reported on supermarket progress across several years, 2004 to 2009. Links to all 7 reports are provided on the "more information" page.
Supermarkets, health and sustainability | Wednesday 1 October 2008
Reports: Growing Round the Houses: Food production on housing estates
A briefing paper by Sustain and the Women's Environmental Network (WEN), explaining how social housing providers and their tenants can work together on their estates to grow food, and the many benefits that this brings for community cohesion, healthy eating and improving green space, especially for families living on a low income.
London Food Link | Saturday 31 May 2008
Reports: Edible Cities - A report of visits to urban agriculture projects in the USA
This is a report of a visit to urban food growing projects in the United States by a group of four people from different organisations based in London. It was organised by Sustain's London Food Link officer, Ben Reynolds, and funded by the US Embassy, who had previously brought Will Allen to London to talk about his project, Growing Power, in the USA.
London Food Link | Monday 31 March 2008
Reports: The taps are turning - Are we ending our love affair with bottled water?
This publication is a companion to Have you bottled it? How drinking tap water can help save you and the planet, that Sustain published in January 2007. It notes progress since then, here and globally, in encouraging the public and private sectors to use tap water instead of bottled water. It also looks at how the bottled water industry is responding to growing criticism of bottled water for being unnecessary, damaging to the environment, and expensive.
Food Facts | Saturday 1 March 2008
Reports: Protecting our Orchard Heritage - a good practice guide for managing orchard projects
This publication aims to help orchard projects by supporting practitioners and local communities to enhance, protect and celebrate orchards.
Orchards Project | Friday 1 February 2008
Reports: Ethical Hijack - defending local and seasonal food from misleading marketing by the food industry
The Ethical Hijack report sets out the case for why the terms 'local', 'seasonal' and 'farmers' market' should be defended from abuse by the food industry. It gives many examples of how these attractive descriptions have been hijacked by food companies and supermarkets to apply to products that do not have the ethical or environmental benefits that these were originally intended to support. It also features case studies from nearly all the major UK supermarkets, as well as a particular focus on the case of Heinz canned soup that claims to be inspired by farmers' markets.
Labelling for sustainability | Tuesday 1 January 2008
