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Blog: Connecting communities and enterprise through food

Affordable food projects based on low-cost trading models such as pantries, community cafes, food coops and other community food projects allow service users to get more for less, often alongside wrap around support and a space to socialise. They go beyond the food bank to re-invest income in the community and the financial security of the project. Sustain has started a new project funded by the Barrow Cadbury Trust to explore what good practice looks like and demonstrate how social investment in this sector can lead to social return.
Good Food Enterprise | Monday 16 October 2023

News: North Tyneside Mayor candidates pledge to champion a more sustainable and resilient food system

Candidates running in the North Tyneside Mayor Election on 6 May voice their commitment for establishing a local food strategy and partnership.
Local elections | Tuesday 27 April 2021

Blog: What could 2022 bring for children’s food?

2021 was a year of highs and lows for children’s food, but what juicy morsels might 2022 serve up? Children’s Food Campaign Co-ordinator Barbara Crowther takes a look at the year ahead and finds out what key partners would like to see happen.
Children's Food Campaign | Tuesday 4 January 2022

News: Children's Food Campaign welcomes fourth successive rise in school meal take-up

Children's Food Campaign comments on the results of official statistics released by School Food Trust on school meal take-up
Children's Food Campaign | Tuesday 17 July 2012

Blog: Big ideas that change the (food) world

Sustainable Development Goals, Planetary Boundaries and Doughnut Economics – Sustain chief executive Kath Dalmeny reflects on big ideas that inspire the Sustain alliance to take action.
Sustain | Tuesday 4 June 2019

News: Lewisham launch new Food Justice Action Plan

Lewisham council and local partners from the strong voluntary and community sector in the borough have come together to find collaborative solutions to tackling food insecurity in Lewisham.
Food Poverty | Thursday 27 April 2023

Blog: Who are our new Children's Food Ambassadors?

After concluding our recruitment for the first group of Children's Food Ambassadors, we are excited to introduce our fantastic new parent and carer ambassadors for 2023/24. They will be key voices in our upcoming Children's Food Campaign activities and champions of children's food.
Children's Food Campaign | Thursday 30 November 2023

Blog: Serving up success: 8 key wins for our campaigns in the National Food Strategy

After years of advocating for food to be on the political plate, many of Sustain’s campaigns finally got their fill in Part Two of the National Food Strategy.
Sustain | Wednesday 28 July 2021

Blog: It’s time to take back control of our food

Sainsbury’s just gave African fair trade farmers a real kick in the teeth. The supermarket has devised its own ‘fairly traded’ accreditation system, snubbing the well established independent Fairtrade Foundation scheme. But I’m not buying it (although I did buy their fair trade tea).
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Wednesday 14 June 2017

Article: Roots to Work: The Food Loss Fighter

Jess Latchford runs Waste Knot, rescuing the surplus fruit and vegetables that fail to meet supermarkets' strict cosmetic standards.
London Food Link | Thursday 20 June 2019

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