Reports: Home from hospital: Ensuring people have access to food at discharge from hospital and beyond
We need to ensure that patients can access appetising and nutritional meals and food after being discharged from hospital to assist with their recovery, reduce readmission and prevent avoidable costs. This guide summarises five key elements of ensuring people have support in place and includes a range good practice from around the country.
Food Poverty | Wednesday 16 March 2022
Reports: Policy Brief: Healthy Start digital scheme letting down families
Since October 2021, families have been reporting problems with applying for Healthy Start digital cards, using the cards and getting access to the helpline. Front line public health teams, food organisations and child health clinicians are concerned that many more families will lose out on a benefit they are entitled to.
Sustain | Thursday 10 March 2022
Reports: Sustain response to Defra consultation on ending the retail sale of peat in horticulture in England and Wales
Sustain has submitted a response to Defra’s consultation on ‘ending the retail sale of peat in horticulture in England and Wales’. An important step towards a complete ban on peat sales, we are glad to see the UK and Welsh Governments proposing this ban. However, we call for swifter and broader action to protect the climate, nature, and people.
Veg Cities | Wednesday 9 March 2022
Reports: Making the most of Healthy Start: A toolkit for local action
The Healthy Start scheme helps low-income pregnant women and young children in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to buy fruit, vegetables, milk, pulses and infant formula. The vouchers are a means-tested scheme that act as a basic nutritional safety net and encourage families to make healthy food choices
Food Poverty | Tuesday 1 March 2022
Reports: Good Food for all Londoners: Tracking council action on food
In our annual Beyond the Foodbank and Good Food for London league tables and series of good food maps, we shine a light on each council's approach to food partnerships, household food insecurity and the wider food economy.
London Food Link | Tuesday 1 March 2022
Reports: Campaigner guide: Local Authorities, food and climate
A guide for anyone that would like to make the food served by their local council (mainly school meals) better for the climate, nature and our health.
Food for the Planet | Monday 28 February 2022
Reports: Toxic Trade: How a trade deal threatens to increase pesticide-related harms in the UK and Brazil
A new report released today reveals that ongoing trade discussions between the UK and Brazil are likely to lead to an increase in pesticide-related harms in both countries.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Wednesday 23 February 2022
Reports: Healthier Food Advertising Policy Toolkit
A local government guide for restricting unhealthy food advertising.
Children's Food Campaign | Thursday 17 February 2022
Reports: Fringe Farming: peri-urban agroecology towards resilient food economies and public goods
Local and national policy recommendations to support agroecological farming producing multiple benefits at the edge of UK cities. Based on research and action planning with multiple stakeholders in four city regions, national farmer forums and policy focus groups.
Fringe Farming | Monday 7 February 2022
Reports: Community wealth building through food and farming discussion document
What is community wealth building and how can it support the food and farming sector? Find out in this discussion document developed by the Food Learning Forum.
Food Learning Forum | Friday 4 February 2022
