Welcome to London Food Link

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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London Food Link is asking local authorities to lead the way in taking action on sugar reduction and healthier foods.

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Good Food For London 2017

How London boroughs can help secure a healthy and sustainable food future.

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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

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

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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

Let’s make London the first UK city to go pesticide-free!

Join Pesticides Action Network UK in calling for a Pesticide Free London

20/04/2018

Planet Organic launches 100% vegan online shop

Shop vegan at the click of a finger…going green just got easier.

19/04/2018

ASA Bans Pret's 'natural food' ads

In response to a Real Bread Campaign complaint, on 18 April 2018 the Advertising Standards Authority ruled that Pret A Manger advertising products as ‘natural’ is misleading.

18/04/2018

Unearth London’s hidden edible gardens – your chance to join the Big Dig

On Saturday 21 April community gardeners from more than 40 of London’s edible gardens, will welcome new visitors and show them how to grow their own food.

12/04/2018

True Loaf spring 2018 issue out now

The Real Bread Campaign has published issue 35 of the loaf lovers’ magazine.

09/04/2018

Win a FREE ad in The Jellied Eel summer issue worth up to £300

London Food Link supporters have a lightning draw opportunity to win an ad slot in the June-August 2018 issue of The ‘Eel, the capital’s good food magazine.  

29/03/2018

Help London Food Link call for local authority action on sugar reduction and healthier foods

Ask your London local public health leaders to sign the Local Government Declaration on Sugar Reduction and Healthier Food and to run a local Sugar Smart campaign

28/03/2018

Prick up your ears: Ruskin Park Wheat Growing Project volunteers needed

The Friends of Ruskin Park are looking for passionate volunteers with a variety of skills to help run this year’s Ruskin Park Wheat Growing project.

28/03/2018

Dig In 2018: A celebration of food growing in the city

Urban growers from across Capital Growth’s network came together earlier this month, to share ideas and kick start the growing season at an event hosted by Urban Growth at Pop Brixton.

28/03/2018

Awards to boost your small-batch food business

If you are a Real Bread baker or other SME food producer looking for an opportunity to promote your business, picking up a widely-recognised award can be a great marketing aid. Here are just some that are now open for entries.

15/03/2018

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Food events calendar

The following events are taking place over the next week

Sat 21
Sun 22London Farmers' Markets: various locations
 
The Food Market Chiswick
 
Duck Pond Foodies' Market: Ruislip
 
Rosewood London's Slow Food & Living Market
 
Noel Park Market
 
City & Country Farmers' Markets: Alexandra Palace, Eltham, Herne Hill, Kentish Town
 
Brentford Market
 
Peckham Farmers' Market
 
Wapping Market
 
Abbeville Road Produce Market
 
Kew Village Market
 
Earl's Court Farmers' Market
Mon 23
Tue 24
Wed 25
Thu 26
Fri 27 

Visit the events calendar for full details

 

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