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Blog: New GMOs will evade scrutiny as controversial bill passes; fight to defend the food chain continues

The UK Government’s Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill, which exempts some genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from vital regulatory safeguards, is about to become law. That’s bad news for anyone who cares about food sovereignty but there could be much worse to come, writes Liz O'Neill of GM Freeze in a guest blog for Sustain.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Monday 6 March 2023

Reports: Refreshing Investment in Children's Health: Using the Sugary Drinks Tax to improve healthy food access in schools

This report outlines how and why investing the funds raised from taxation of sugary drinks back into improving children’s health via schools is a triple win for reducing obesity, levelling children’s health inequalities and providing much-needed resource to schools and children’s food initiatives.
Children's Food Campaign | Tuesday 12 January 2021

News: British Journal of Sports Medicine editorial attacks focus on exercise rather than unhealthy food in tackling obesity

Children's Food Campaign is supporting calls for an end to celebrity endorsements of sugary drinks and the association of junk food and sport.
Children's Food Campaign | Thursday 23 April 2015

Blog: Sustain 2020 – conference shines a light on how good food and farming can lead an economic recovery

The sold out event heard from the likes of Victoria Prentis Minister for Farming Fisheries and Food, Luke Pollard Shadow Secretary of State for EFRA, Sheila Dillon, and Tamsin Cooper of the National Food Strategy alongside a host of Sustain members and friends pitching ideas on how sustainable food and farming could help us build back better.
Sustain | Wednesday 23 December 2020

Reports: A tale of two counties: Strengthening local food cultures through mapping supply chains in East Sussex and Lancashire

The food supply chain in the UK has become highly centralised and opaque. This has clearly led to several environmental, economic and social issues domestically and overseas. Those concerns have an impact on people and enterprise at the local level. With the UK Government seeking to ‘level up’ the country, now is the time to channel investment into localised food systems and infrastructure.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Thursday 17 March 2022

Reports: A time and a place for treats: An exploration of policy levers to regulate children’s unhealthy food purchases

The first in-depth analysis of how unhealthy food purchasing restrictions could work in the UK.
Children's Food Campaign | Monday 13 December 2021

News: US food company Heinz has recalled some infant cereal products in China because of excess levels of lead

Reuters reported that the problem affected 1,472 boxes of AD Calcium Hi-Protein Cereal.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

News: Doctors inject boost to campaigns for sugary drinks duty and junk food marketing restrictions

The British Medical Association’s strong support for a sugary drinks duty has rightly grabbed all today’s headlines. The doctors now join professional bodies representing dentists, dietitians, maternal and children’s health specialists and many public health experts in calling for a levy on sugary drinks.
Children's Food Campaign | Monday 13 July 2015

News: Ofcom figures highlight just how far their rules fall short of what is needed to protecting children from junk food advertising

Richard Watts - 'If we are serious about putting children's health first, we must protect them from junk food advertising before the 9pm watershed'
Children's Food Campaign | Wednesday 17 December 2008

News: Sustain react to reports that the Government are planning to accept lower food safety standards in trade deals

Reports from Government suggest they are preparing to break from EU food safety rules at a forthcoming World Trade Organisation (WTO) summit.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Friday 21 February 2020