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Reports: Good Food Local: the London report 2024

Good Food Local: the London report assesses council action on food under six key themes - food governance and strategy, food growing and other community food action, healthy food for all, sustainable food economy, catering and procurement and Food for the Planet.
Good Food Local | Thursday 29 February 2024

News: BBC Food & Farming Awards 2015 nominations

Winning one of these highly respected awards annual awards, of which Sustain coordinator Kath Dalmeny is a judge, can provide a great boost to the sort of small, independent, good food business and projects we champion. The organisers welcome nominations for food producers, retailers, eateries, projects/initiatives, campaigners (and people can nominate themselves) until 26 January 2015.
London Food Link | Saturday 10 January 2015

Page: Enhancing public sector food procurement

This Bridging the Gap scoping report explores the pivotal role public institutions can play in supporting sustainable supply chains and enabling wider food system change. Public institutions spend £2.4 billion annually procuring food and catering services so there is significant potential for achieving improved health and environmental outcomes.
Bridging the Gap

Reports: Good Food Training for London: What we have learned

Good Food Training for London was set up in 2007 to provide free-of-charge food skills training to around 1,000 catering, procurement and other staff in schools, hospitals, prisons and care settings in London. The Mayor's London Food Strategy recognised that to secure benefits to health, the environment and the London economy, catering staff needed the skills and knowledge to plan, prepare and serve healthy, seasonal and locally-produced menus. Based on practical experiences of what works and analysis of the barriers to change, this report develops recommendations for future training policy, next steps for the training project and practical activities for London and the wider public sector.
Good Food Training | Sunday 31 May 2009

News: Five actions for Government Spending Review to increase children's access to healthy food

As Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak MP prepares the next Government Spending Review, Sustain has submitted five policy proposals to ensure all children have access to healthy food.
Children's Food Campaign | Thursday 24 September 2020

Blog: Local food needs an investment boost

The outlines of an alternative localised food system are becoming clearer in towns and cities across the UK, slowly. So, Sustain’s proposed target for a 10% share of the grocery market for local food could be transformational, doubling the current market share. Martin Yarnit considers what this might mean in practical terms, and more specifically for the UK’s sixth biggest city, in Sheffield.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Monday 21 February 2022

News: Experts concerned food is off the menu at COP26

With less than 40 days until COP26, Patrick Holden, and Chantelle Wei-Ying Clement, Deputy Director at IPES Food, have voiced concerns that food needs a bigger platform if the summit is to have impact.
Jellied Eel | Tuesday 28 September 2021

News: How to respond to CAP junk food marketing consultation

Children's Food Campaign has brought together health professionals, academics and marketing experts to help us formulate our response to the Committee of Advertising Practice consultation on the advertising to children of food and soft drink products in non-broadcast media. Read our summary response below and then follow the simple nstructions to submit your own response to the advertising regulator.
Children's Food Campaign | Monday 11 July 2016

Reports: The Perfect Pinta (Food Facts No. 2)

Milk is bought regularly by over 90 per cent of households. This report examines the way milk and other dairy products are produced and the impact this has on the environment, animal welfare and our health.
Food Facts | Wednesday 1 January 2003

Reports: How Green are our Apples? (Food Facts No. 4)

Despite increasing consumer interest in eating more fresh fruit, over half of the nation's apple orchards have been destroyed in the last thirty years. That production which remains in the UK has become more intensive, with Cox's apples receiving on average 16 pesticide sprays containing 36 active substances. These reports show how the UK could be using fewer chemicals and growing more varieties.
Food Facts | Saturday 1 March 2003