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News: Food Standards Agency measures to tackle campylobacter

The FSA have released details of the measures they are taking to make sure that poultry producers, processors and retailers take action to reduce levels of campylobacter in chicken.
Sustain | Friday 22 May 2015

News: Food industry must come clean on Benzene in soft drinks

Sustain, the alliance for better food and farming, has reacted with concern to reports on the BBC that the soft drinks industry has known for years that cancer-causing Benzene can form in soft drinks that contain Vitamin C.
Children's Food Campaign | Wednesday 1 March 2006

News: Hospital food campaigners 'underwhelmed' by obesity plan

"The Campaign for Better Hospital Food is concerned that the Government’s plans to tackle childhood obesity, published today in the obesity plan, are underwhelming at best."
Sustain | Thursday 18 August 2016

News: Festive Giveaway for London Food Link supporters

This week London Food Link supporters can enter a festive giveaway to win prizes worth £350 which include an Organico Hamper, a Bermondsey Street Bees giftset, a Natoora Seasonal box, and a Chelsea Green book bundle.
Jellied Eel | Tuesday 8 December 2020

News: Public wants more action to curb junk food industry

New polling data conducted by YouGov on behalf of the Obesity Health Alliance reveals that the public feels let down by Government's failure to bring in the junk food advertising ban, with high levels of support for more action to create a healthier environment for children.
Children's Food Campaign | Tuesday 23 May 2023

News: The benefits of community food gardens celebrated in new film

In Capital Growth's short film they celebrate the first year of Community Harvest initiative, which provided fresh healthy food for thousands of Londoners during the pandemic.
Jellied Eel | Tuesday 29 June 2021

News: New guides and advice on protection for food growing sites

Launching two new first-of-their-kind guides from Capital Growth and CPRE London explaining how to protect food growing sites using existing designations. The crucial legal, planning and political campaigning steps will be explored futher in a webinar on Wednesday 15 November, online from 2.30-4pm.
Capital Growth | Monday 6 November 2023

News: Free mentoring for Scotland's local food entrepreneurs

Nourish Scotland is doing a callout for participants in its 2016 mentoring and peer-coaching scheme, which will provide practical support for aspiring and established local food entrepreneurs in Scotland.
Sustain | Monday 7 March 2016

Blog: Introducing Bridging the Gap, making agroecological food affordable to all

Bridging the Gap is an ambitious new programme, coordinated by Sustain. Here Sarah Williams, Programmes Director at Sustain, sets out how the alliance experience has built towards this ambition and how the work aims to bridge not only the broken food system but also divisions in the movement.
Bridging the Gap | Wednesday 17 August 2022

Blog: Better Food Traders, wholesalers and the missing middle: why transparency matters

The UK’s food retail market is dominated by a handful of supermarket corporations who control over 90% of the food we buy in shops. In this guest blog, Natasha Soares from Better Food Traders explores the issues of unfair trading and a lack of transparency within UK food supply chains.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Monday 14 June 2021

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