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News: Gov must strengthen public sector food standards so catering companies don't fuel antibiotic crisis

New report by the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics calls for public sector caterers to publish antibiotic policies and adopt transparent procurement strategies. The Alliance says robust government standards on public procurement are needed to ensure higher antibiotic standards for school and hospital food suppliers
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Thursday 12 October 2023

News: Food and farming groups condemn Government response to unfair trading practices as ‘utterly weak’

The Government has today failed to protect British and overseas farmers from unfair trading practices by refusing to extend the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator to include primary producers.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Friday 16 February 2018

News: Child-friendly characters deliver junk food marketing message to advertising regulator

This morning a collection of brand and licensed characters (or maybe us in costume) held a 'victory parade' outside the offices of the Committee of Advertising Practice. 9 child-friendly characters - including Tony the Tiger, the Nesquik bunny, Olaf and Elsa from Frozen, Peppa Pig and a Storm Trooper - came to hand in a letter to the advertising regulator thanking it for the lax rules which have allowed them to keep their jobs and to continue earning millions marketing junk food to children.
Children's Food Campaign | Tuesday 12 July 2016

News: Food price rises fuelled by huge fertiliser company profits- new research shows

Fertiliser company profits soared to 500% from 2020 to 2022 according to new analysis by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit. In the same period, there was record food price inflation of nearly 20%, with prices reaching the highest point in 46 years.
Sustain | Wednesday 19 July 2023

Reports: Would the National Food Strategy’s Sugar and Salt Reformulation Tax unfairly impact on households with low incomes?

Recipe for Change is a campaign calling for a new industry levy to help make our food healthier, while raising revenue that can be invested back into children’s health. This policy briefing, written by the Food Foundation in February 2022, explores the impact of a reformulation tax on households with low incomes, based on the National Food Strategy’s recommendations.
Recipe for Change | Tuesday 19 December 2023

News: Cardiff hosts a Fringe Farming event to explore barriers and opportunities to growing local food

The latest development in the Fringe Farming project happened last week when its fifth and most recent local partner, Food Cardiff (part of Food Sense Wales), facilitated a multi-stakeholder event in Cardiff last week to build alliances and discuss what can be done to promote local food systems.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Monday 21 November 2022

News: Learn artisan food skills in bread-baking, cheese-making, butchery, charcuterie and patisserie

Sustain member The School of Artisan Foods offers a new Foundation degree in Artisan Food Production to meet demand for skilled producers of sustainable food.
Sustainable Food | Thursday 27 September 2018

News: Government offers “crumbs” to hundreds of thousands of people struggling for food during Covid-19

Sustain reacts with dismay to the Government announcement today that they will provide £16m for food charities to help meet the astronomic rise in household food insecurity due to low income during Covid-19.
Food Poverty | Friday 8 May 2020

News: Comment on MP Environment food and farming Committee report on Defra's future farm policy proposals

On publication today (6 June) of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Report on The future for food, farming and the environment, Sustain’s Farming Campaign Coordinator, Vicki Hird, says
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Wednesday 6 June 2018

Page: Connecting Community Food Enterprises Case Study: St. Andrew's Community Network

This case study details how St. Andrew's network of 11 food banks and 8 pantries operates across Liverpool, the challenges and opportunites they face, and how they are working to move from reliance on food aid to trading models with wraparound support.
Good Food Enterprise