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News: Food systems within a city region

Sustain member the Centre for Food Policy are hosting an event on the opportunities of thinking regionally about food systems.
Sustainable Food Places | Tuesday 5 March 2019

News: The Hospital Food Standards Panel

The panel, which was set up by the Department of Health in December 2013, has published its report and recommends five legally-binding food standards for food served and sold in hospitals in England. The five recommendations were selected from over 50 food quality standards. The panel has also recommended all hospitals develop a food and drink policy that aims to encourage healthy eating, high-quality food production, sustainability and excellent nutritional care. According to the Department of Health, hospitals that do not meet the standards will be in breach of their commissioning contract (usually held with a clinical commissioning group), and commissioners will therefore be able to take contractual action against them.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

Reports: Local Food Links: The first 10 years

A review of the development of Local Food Links by Tim Crabtree, its former director and one of the founders of the Bridport Centre for Local Food. The report charts the development of a social enterprise from the trading arm of a charity to an independent organisation focused on providing nutritious school meals made with local food.
Making Local Food Work | Wednesday 15 June 2011

News: New food and drink buying standard

The Prime Minister has announced a new food and drink buying standard – ‘The Plan for Public Procurement’. The voluntary Plan involves the use of a scorecard and an e-marketplace and focuses on: provision of a toolkit which enables food procurers to consider a variety of factors when making decisions about procurement; working with industry, procurers, researchers and farmers to support opportunities for British grown produce and food within the public procurement market; ongoing work to develop the toolkit through five different working groups covering procurers, suppliers, research and technology bodies (focusing on innovation), assurance schemes and Local Enterprise Partnerships. Public sector buyers will now judge potential suppliers against five key criteria: how food is produced and whether the food was produced locally; the health and nutritional content of food purchased; the resource efficiency of producing the food, such as water and energy use and waste production; how far the food bought meets government’s socio-economic priorities such as involvement of SMEs.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

Reports: Growing the Good Food Movement

A guide for food partnerships to support more people to get involved in community food action
Sustainable Food Places | Wednesday 13 April 2022

News: What can businesses do for sustainable food security?

WWF and Food Ethics Council's report on business and sustainable food security is out.
Sustain | Friday 11 September 2015

News: Urban Food Fortnight 2017

London Food Link set to celebrate the capital’s Urban Food Heroes this September.
Sustain | Wednesday 9 August 2017

News: US passes Global Food Security Act

UN food agency leaders welcome a U.S. law aimed at boosting sustainable food production, nutrition and resilience
Sustain | Sunday 14 August 2016

News: Australian Fair Food Week

The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance has announced its Fair Food Week which runs from October 16 to 25 2015.
Sustain | Friday 25 September 2015

News: Time to talk about food work

A new Briefing Paper from Sustain member the Food Research Collaboration looks at work trends in the UK food manufacturing sector.
Sustain | Thursday 25 May 2017

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