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News: Calls for international collaboration to combat children-targeted junk food marketing

A report published in February 2020 by the WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission calls for a legally binding protocol to be added to the CRC so that countries can work together to prohibit children-targeted junk food marketing.
Children's Food Campaign | Tuesday 3 March 2020

Page: Connecting Community Food Enterprises Case Study: Stafford Hall Pantry

Stafford Hall Pantry is a collaborative project operating in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It opens once a week in a community hub and has on average 20 members attending, including supporting the local population of asylum seekers housed in dispersed accomodation. The are exploring introducing a solidarity model of tiered pricing, to help fund provision of more planet-friendly and ethical produce and subsidise the food for those that need it.
Good Food Enterprise

News: Sustain and allies urge MPs to address children’s food in national planning policies

Sustain, alongside other organisations including The Food Foundation and Food Active, are urging the Government to champion children's health in the current planning inquiry by stemming the flood of unhealthy food.
Planning Food Cities | Tuesday 13 February 2024

Blog: Do we have the appetite to think beyond Brexit? Why the Government’s Food Strategy needs to fill the hole.

With Brexit having absorbed the rump of our politicians and policy makers’ time and energy, it has done so at the cost of other areas of policy that are long overdue attention. The question now is whether anyone has the energy to make the most of the powers we are looking to take over from the EU. If Brexit is only the beginning of a new era for our democracy, Sustain’s Deputy Chief Executive, Ben Reynolds, asks what role the National Food Strategy will have in defining a vision from farm gate to plate.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Monday 15 April 2019

News: Mayor of London’s Environment Committee recommend action to improve food resilience

In February 2024, food and farming experts gave evidence to the Mayor of London's Environment Committee on food supply challenges in London. They highlighted missed opportunities for accessing land for food growing, and for increasing climate-friendly food via the school meals programme funded by the Mayor of London.
Capital Growth | Friday 5 April 2024

News: Better school food is needed to stop UK eating most ultra-processed foods in Europe

Sustain member the Soil Association releases new State of the Nation report on how children have eaten in 2018 and highlights the important work done by Sustain’s Children’s Food Campaign and the Parents’ Jury.
Children's Food Campaign | Tuesday 27 November 2018

News: London eateries scoop prizes at this year’s Food Made Good Awards

London’s EN Food and The Roebuck both picked up prizes at the annual Food Made Good Awards, held in East London on 5 November to celebrate all the fabulous food heroes changing the hospitality industry for the better.
Jellied Eel | Tuesday 12 November 2019

Reports: Briefing: Public Sector Catering - opportunities and issues relating to sustainable food procurement

This briefing paper - examining opportunities and issues relating to sustainable food procurement in the public sector - is one of several on themes relating to Sustainable Food Chains. It formed part of an initiative started by Sustain in 2002, to promote local and sustainable food. The aim of the Sustainable Food Chains project was to help British farming and sustainable production following the devastating effects on farming and the rural economy of foot and mouth disease. The work also informed development of Sustain's successful Good Food on the Plate project, which helped public sector institutions buy and serve healthier and more sustainable food.
Good Food on the Public Plate | Friday 1 February 2002

News: Chefs, buyers, restaurant owners and food suppliers - if you only attend one event in 2008, make it this one!

London Food Link are delighted to announce London's biggest ever local food event; a Celebration of Local Food at New Covent Garden Market
London Food Link | Friday 21 December 2007

News: Government confirms 9pm watershed for junk food adverts amongst raft of policies to tackle obesity.

Read Sustain's response to the Government’s new obesity strategy, which will include a 9pm watershed on junk food advertising and similar restrictions online, which food charity Sustain has been calling for through its Children’s Food Campaign for over a decade.
Children's Food Campaign | Monday 27 July 2020