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Working for a healthy, sustainable and ethical food system for the capital. Through our projects and campaigns we strive for a food system that benefits all Londoners.

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The London Food Link projects

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      Capital Growth

      The campaign offers practical and financial support to communities around London to help more people grow more food, and to have greater access to land and growing spaces for community benefit.

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      London Food Poverty Campaign

      What are the steps that London’s local authorities can take to reduce food poverty beyond the foodbank?

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      Food Waste

      Sustain is pleased to be working on the FoodSave project to help small and medium-sized food businesses in London to reduce their food waste.

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      Sustainable Fish Cities

      A campaign to protect precious marine environments and fishing livelihoods, and call for fish to be bought from sustainable sources.

    • Urban Food Fortnight

      London Food Link’s celebration of the fabulous produce being grown, made, cooked and saved on our doorstep.

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      Good Food for London

      Our annual league table shines a light on London's local authorities taking straightforward and significant steps to improve food in their borough - as well as those lagging behind

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London Food Link gifts

To celebrate the amazing people who grow, make and brew our food, London Food Link has developed a unique set of gifts. All proceeds support our charity.

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Grow, produce, teach, peddle or simply enjoy good food in the capital? Annual support starts from less than £2 a month and you get a load of great benefits in return.

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Publications

Click on the publications listed below to find out more information and download your copy.

Good Food for London 2017

The Good Food for London report measures progress and encourages London councils to take action on good food. It measures action on 11 different good food measures, from food growing, encouraging breastfeeding, school food, Fairtrade and fair pay. Scores range from 88 to 13 per cent. The Good Food for London league table 2017 is topped by the London Borough of Greenwich, followed by Islington, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham and Waltham Forest.

13/10/2017

Beyond the Food Bank London Food Poverty Profile 2017

Beyond the Food Bank 2017 is the third edition of London’s comprehensive food poverty profile. The report looks at what local authorities are doing to reduce food poverty across a range of measures. 

13/10/2017

Jellied Eel 55

Features in this issue include: Urban Food Fortnight pullout guide, Community souperheroes, Chef Supported Agriculture, Chef Tom Hunt's sauerkraut tips, The Eel goes to… Bristol, Good food review: Rabbit.

04/09/2017

Jellied Eel 54

Features in this issue include: DIY Diners, Chef Tom Hunt's BBQ ideas, The Eel goes to… Liverpool, Get Sugar Smart, Good food review: The Good Egg, Radical retail on campus, and the London Food Link / Jellied Eel crowdfunding campaign.

08/05/2017

Jellied Eel 53

Features in this issue include: The circular economy, The Eel goes to… Brighton & Hove, Rosie Boycott interviews Abi Glencross on the future of meat, Beyond the Food Bank, farmers who feed London and London grows wild.

17/01/2017

Good Food for London 2016

The Good Food for London report measures progress and encourages London councils to take action on good food. It measures action on 11 different good food measures, from food growing, encouraging breastfeeding, school food, Fairtrade and fair pay. Scores range from 95 to 15 per cent. The Good Food for London league table 2016 is topped by the London Borough of Islington, followed by Greenwich, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham and Merton.

15/11/2016

Beyond the Food Bank: London Food Poverty Profile 2016

Beyond the Food Bank 2016 is the second edition of London’s comprehensive food poverty profile. The report looks at what local authorities are doing to reduce food poverty across a range of measures. 

13/11/2016

Jellied Eel 52

Features in this issue include: Tom Hunt's Urban Food Fortnight, peri-urban farming, food incubators, your Urban Food Awards finalists, and loads more on the people who grow, make, forage, cook, and save good food in the capital.

12/09/2016

Jellied Eel 51

Features in the summer issue include: Tom Hunt's peak salad recipe, Sheila Dillon interview, Good Food Jobs - The London Brewer, TTIP - trading food safety for corporate profit?, Holiday Hunger, The Eel Loves...Finsbury Park, new London Grows initiative, plus a free Point the Fishy Finger superhero kit and much more.

18/05/2016

Vote good food: A London Food Link briefing on the London Mayoral Election 2016

At London Food Link we believe there are food related challenges the new Mayor of London should be tackling head on and opportunities for them to seize.

06/04/2016

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The latest news from London Food Link and its projects

Pitches from food and farming start-ups wanted for FoodBytes

A sustainable food, agriculture and food tech competition is coming to London in September.

08/06/2018

How public and private sectors can work together to improve our health

The Centre for Food Policy is holding an event to discuss what the research gaps are in  getting public-private action to be more effective in promoting nutrition.

27/05/2018

Get behind the Mayor’s proposal to ban junk food adverts on Transport for London

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is consulting on the possibility of a complete ban on advertising of junk food and sugary drinks across the Transport for London network, to help combat child obesity, responding to campaigning on junk food marketing from Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Sustain and our alliance of organisations. We applaud this bold ambition, as part of the launch of a public consultation on the draft London Food Strategy. Show your support for the Mayor’s proposal?

16/05/2018

Officially the hottest Big Dig on record!

Saturday 22 April saw 41 edible gardens from 22 London Boroughs participating in the Big Dig, Capital Growth’s London-wide community growing day, with the temperature reaching a whopping 25°C.

15/05/2018

Is yours a healthy high school, Londoners?

Secondary school food is a hot topic at the moment, whether it's free school meal uptake, stay on site policies or junk food shops nearby. We're teaming up with School Food Matters to get responses from staff working in London's secondary schools to find out more about the work to improve the food and the barriers many face. Complete our survey for a chance to win one of five £20 M&S Vouchers. 

15/05/2018

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan consults on proposal to ban junk food ads on Transport for London network. Sustain responds

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is consulting on the possibility of a complete ban on advertising of junk food and sugary drinks across the Transport for London network, to help combat child obesity, responding to Sustain's campaigns for this action. Sustain applauds this bold ambition, as part of the launch today of a public consultation on the draft London Food Strategy.

11/05/2018

Get ready for Sourdough September

The Real Bread Campaign is encouraging all bakeries and baking schools to make and publish their plans as soon as possible for the annual, international celebration of genuine sourdough.

09/05/2018

New app launched to combat food waste in east London

Founded by two brothers with over 15 years’ experience working in the fruit and vegetable industry, UGO Fresh connects shops and restaurants with excess fresh produce with local customers.

08/05/2018

London Tube to be transformed for National Vegetarian Week

The Vegetarian Society wants your help to fund a poster campaign on the London Underground for this year’s National Vegetarian Week 14-20 May.

27/04/2018

Plans for 20 new drinking fountains in London

A new drinking water fund is working with landowners to install drinking water fountains across the capital.

26/04/2018

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Food events calendar

The following events are taking place over the next week

Wed 20Swiss Cottage Farmers Market
 
Spitalfields City Farm - Get Your Hands Dirty Growing Food
 
Real Food Market (Wed-Fri weekly)
 
Cooking for Life Parents & Children (Public Health) every Wednesday from 3:45pm to 5:30pm from Wednesday 24th February to Wednesday 16th March
Thu 21St. Hilda's Community Food Co-op
 
City & Country Farmers' Market: Hammersmith
 
Cooking for Life Parents & Children (Public Health) every Thursday from 4:30pm to 6:30pm from Thursday 25th February to Thursday 17th March
Fri 22 
Sat 23
Sun 24
Mon 25International Cuisine (Public Health) every Monday from 6:30pm to 8:30pm from Monday 22nd of February to Monday 14th of March
Tue 26International Cuisine (Public Health) every Tuesday from 6:30pm to 8:30pm from Tuesday 23rd February to Tuesday 15th March

Visit the events calendar for full details

 

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