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News: Eating Better Alliance launch new guide and film for local authority food buying

‘Serving Better’ details how local areas and public sector organisations can take bold and urgent action to shift to serving more sustainable food.
Climate Change and Nature | Wednesday 20 October 2021

News: Call for councils to promote community food growing through their local and neighbourhood plans

An article in Planning Resource highlights how community food growing contributes towards many social and health agendas. Journalist, Ben Kochan, explains how councils are now promoting such initiatives through their local and neighbourhood plans.
Planning Food Cities | Thursday 30 July 2015

News: New report shows inequity, obesity levels and affordability of healthy food are top priorities

The UK faces huge challenges to ensure affordability and access to a healthy and sustainable diet, as highlighted in the Broken Plate report published today by the Food Foundation, a member of the Sustain alliance.
Sustainable Food | Wednesday 7 July 2021

News: Mayor launches food growing competition to find green-fingered residents

Social housing residents are being challenged to become the capital's best community food growers in the Edible Estates competition launched by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and Capital Growth.
London Food Link | Sunday 15 August 2010

News: Farmers underwhelmed as Number 10 announce farm pledges ahead of food summit

The Government has announced a package of measures it says is designed to support farmers, as it holds a food summit at Number 10. Rishi Sunak has invited retailers, manufacturers and some farmers, but left much expertise outside the event.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Tuesday 16 May 2023

News: Peers warn of risk to food security by ignoring climate change and biodiversity

Baroness Rosie Boycott leads debate in House of Lords, exposing domestic challenges and reliance on vulnerable imports, and cites Sustain research in calls to improve support for farmers and local food infrastucture.
Climate Change and Nature | Wednesday 21 September 2022

News: Government backing for local food infrastructure could create 200,000 jobs and help restore nature

A shift of 10% of retail market share for sustainable, local food businesses could create an additional 200,000 jobs, support a green economic recovery and restore nature, a new report published today by RSPB and Sustain has found.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Wednesday 14 July 2021

News: Children's Food Campaign response to Science Committee report on Energy Drinks

A Science and Technology Committee report published today (4 December) shows MPs' support for action to reduce consumption of energy drinks, and acknowledges teachers' concerns but says quantitative scientific evidence may not be sufficient to warrant a statutory ban. Children's Food Campaign responds.
Children's Food Campaign | Tuesday 4 December 2018

Blog: Community farm in Cambridge on a mission to support climate and nature through food growing

CoFarm is a community farm set up in Cambridge to share knowledge about climate and nature friendly farming and show the importance of unlocking land around cities for food growing.
Food for the Planet | Monday 20 September 2021

News: Government releases its plans to curb junk food advertising - Sustain responds

The Department of Health and Social Care has published their response to their consultation on advertising restrictions on products high in fat, salt or sugar as part of its drive towards a healthier food environment. The restrictions include a 9pm watershed on TV, restrictions on paid-for adverts online and are due to be introduced at the end of 2022.
Children's Food Campaign | Thursday 24 June 2021