Good Food for London archive

Visit the new interactive Good Food For London website which includes all the reports.

London Food Link has taken a look at how London Boroughs compare on their support for good food.

In our London borough league table and series of good food maps we shine a light on which boroughs are demonstrating strong leadership and which are lagging behind.

Sustain Briefing: Good Food Retail

Updated January 2020: Sustain has produced this briefing in response to recent references to Good Food Retail in the London Food Strategy, among...

Good Food Retail: Six London boroughs taking action

This summary report captures what’s been achieved by a cohort of councils working on Good Food Retail with the support of London Food Link over...

Good Food for London 2019

In our annual London borough league table and series of good food maps, we shine a light on which boroughs are leading the way in creating a better...

Good Food for London 2018

In our annual London borough league table and series of good food maps, we shine a light on which boroughs are leading the way in creating a better...

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...

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...

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...

Good Food for London 2015

The 2015 edition reveals how London Councils are showing leadership on school food and in other catering under council control but less able to...

London's pollinators: Creating a buzz in the capital

This report draws together policy and practice from national and London levels, to explore how we can ensure pollinator can thrive in London. It...

Good Food for London 2014

How London Boroughs can help secure a healthy and sustainable food future

Good Food for London 2013

The Good Food for London 2013 report provides a league table of local authorities support for key good food initiatives, such as community food...

Good Food for London 2012

The Good Food for London 2012 report provides a league table of local authorities support for key good food initiatives, such as community food...

Good Food for London 2011

The 2011 Good Food for London report provides maps of London's 33 Boroughs to reveal how London Boroughs are taking action to help create a healthy...

Menu for Change: How a commitment to good food can help the candidates for London Mayor

London is one of the few major cities in the world to have a food strategy, and to have recognised the need for local government, businesses and...

Growing Round the Houses: Food production on housing estates

A briefing paper by Sustain and the Women's Environmental Network (WEN), explaining how social housing providers and their tenants can work together...

Edible Cities - A report of visits to urban agriculture projects in the USA

This is a report of a visit to urban food growing projects in the United States by a group of four people from different organisations based in...

One Planet Dining: London's growing market for eating out sustainably

This London Food Link report provides insights into the practices and attitudes around food sustainability in the restaurant, hotel and catering...

Recipe for a Greener Curry: How London's ethnic business can celebrate sustainable food

Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) businesses are vital for the cultural and economic vibrancy food in London, and Britain. Yet this...

Capital Eats: An analysis of London's food economy

The complexities and significance of the food sector in London is summarised in this report. Europe's biggest city contains a quarter of the UK...

Bread Street: The British baking bloomer?

Bread is cheap and plentiful and remains a dietary staple. But this report shows that we are losing diversity in our bread supplies and in the...

Food Access & Social Housing: How to help residents gain access to good food

In a city as wealthy as London, residents have a right to a clean, comfortable and neighbourly place to live and a safe, health-enhancing and tasty...

Serving Up Sustainability: A survey of caterers in London

This London Food Link survey assessed current extent and knowledge of good practice in sustainable contract catering. Thirty businesses were...

City Harvest: The feasibility of growing more food in London

This report on the feasibility of food production in cities, taking London as its example, is relevant to all urban areas. It assess how, and to what...

Food for vulnerable people in Covid-19 lockdown: Integrating wholesale supply

Briefing on organising food for vulnerable people in Covid-19 lockdown - integrating wholesale - for local authorities and Local Resilience Forums...

Beyond the Food Bank: London Food Poverty Profile 2019

Beyond the Food Bank 2019 is the fifth edition of London’s comprehensive food poverty profile. The report looks at what local authorities...

Food growing on prescription

This report highlights the findings of a short piece of research undertaken with community gardens and food growing projects in London, to create a...

Beyond the Food Bank: London Food Poverty Profile 2018

Beyond the Food Bank 2018 is the fourth edition of London’s comprehensive food poverty profile. The report looks at what local authorities...

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...

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Features in this issue include: Urban Food Fortnight pullout guide, Community souperheroes, Chef Supported Agriculture, Chef Tom Hunt's...

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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...

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Features in this issue include: The circular economy, The Eel goes to… Brighton & Hove, Rosie Boycott interviews Abi Glencross on the...

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...

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Features in this issue include: Tom Hunt's Urban Food Fortnight, peri-urban farming, food incubators, your Urban Food Awards finalists, and loads...

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Features in the summer issue include: Tom Hunt's peak salad recipe, Sheila Dillon interview, Good Food Jobs - The London Brewer, TTIP - trading...

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Features in this issue include: Jamie Oliver interview, Tom Hunt's Easter eggsellence, honey beers, new mayor: food for thought, London food...

Growing Health Case Study: Harvest

The Brighton & Hove Food Partnership is a not-for-profit organisation that works on all aspects of food. They run a range of community-based...

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In this issue: Urban Food Awards, Crystal Palace market, roots to success, taco ‘bout a revolution, wheel eats again, doorstep diners, fare...

Beyond the Food Bank: London Food Poverty Profile 2015

Beyond the Food Bank is London’s first comprehensive food poverty profile. The new report from Sustain’s London Food Link looks at what...

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In this issue: Brook Green Market and Kitchen, living as a vegan freegan, growing enterprise, japanese food with a conscience, wild mushrooms, urban...

Reaping Rewards: Can communities grow a million meals for London?

This landmark report, Reaping Rewards, tracks the achievements of the Growing a Million Meals for London campaign, run by the Capital Growth network,...

Capital Growth: Annual Monitoring Survey 2013

Every year, Capital Growth carries out a survey of its community food growing spaces. This survey allows us to find out about the people involved,...

Grow More Food: Top Tips

This toolkit provides a useful overview and top tips of how you can improve the yield of your growing site.

Edible estates

This guide has been developed by Neighbourhoods Green, Capital Growth and Planning Aid for London to share learning and good practice from...

Reducing food waste: Advice from chefs and catering professionals

The document contains wise words and inspiration from GreenCook Food Waste Ambassadors in the UK and Netherlands. These are networks of skilled and...

Cracking Community Cafés: Getting the food right

The second in an series of fact sheets produced by Ethical Eats and Making Local Food Work to help new and existing community cafés get to grips...

The Sustain Guide to Good Food: How to help make our food and farming system fit for the future

Not sure whether to buy local or organic, fish or meat, from the farmers' market or supermarket? This guide should help. Drawing on the expertise...

Cracking Community Cafés: Promoting your café

This is the first in a series of fact sheets produced by Ethical Eats and Making Local Food Work to help new and existing community cafés get to...

Good Food Guide: For chefs, caterers and culinary students

This handy guide aims to provide practical advice on how to implement positive changes within established restaurants, cafés and catering...

Food & Finance: How small-scale food enterprises raise the money to grow

The Food & Finance report presents the findings of research into how small-scale food businesses and community food enterprises have secured...

Financing community food: Securing money to help community food enterprises to grow

This report examines the funding needs of community food enterprises and how they can continue to use food to achieve a wide variety of important...

Better Breakfasts: a guide to help your morning menu rise and shine

Breakfast can be a surprisingly complicated affair from a sustainability point of view. Coffee from impoverished farmers in developing countries,...

The Obesity Games - junk food sponsorship of the Olympic Games

The inside track on the marketing strategies of Olympic food and soft drink sponsors, and the sponsorship deals behind them.

Capital Growth monitoring survey findings, Feb 2012

This report presents feedback from Capital Growth food-growing spaces between October 2010 and October 2011. The first 1,000 Capital Growth spaces...

Good planning for good food - using planning policy for local and sustainable food

Spatial planning directly affects the food system, including decisions about protecting land for farming, planning permission for food retailing and...

East London Green Grid: Supporting community food growing in East London

This report from Capital Growth reflects on how community food growing and horticultural enterprises can support the aims of the East London Green...

Joining-the-Dots... Collaborative food buying and sustainable distribution for London restaurants

This report is one of a series that analyses opportunities for improving the sustainability and economic viability of food supply chains serving...

Buywell Retail Project - final report

The Buywell Retail project aimed to support local convenience stores to improve access to fresh, affordable and sustainable fruit and veg in...

For Starters: The London 2012 Food Vision

The London 2012 Food Vision, published in 2009, sets out what the organisers of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games organisers aimed to...

Good Food on the Public Plate: What we have done and what we have learned

The Good Food on the Public Plate ran as part of the London Food Strategy Local Food Infrastructure project from 2008 to 2011, helpingpublic sector...

Good Food on the Public Plate Evaluation Report

This report details the outcome of the evaluation of phase two of the Good Food on the Public Plate project. This evaluation was run by F3: The...

Getting more sustainable food into London's hospitals: Can it be done? And is it worth it?

Starting in 2004, Sustain worked with the Soil Association to help hospitals in London use more healthy and sustainable food. The project showed that...

Sustainable Food Procurement in London's Public Sector

In 2004, Sustain was commissioned by the London Development Agency food programme (now run by the Greater London Authority) to help one Greater...

Briefing: Public Procurement of Sustainable Food - review of activity 2002 to 2004

This briefing paper - reviewing activities to improve public sector food between 2002 and 2004 - is one of several on themes relating to Sustainable...

Feeding the Future: Policy options for local food - A discussion paper

Written in 2003, this report sets out the many policy ideas generated over recent years to support the local food sector, and to stimulate policy...

Food Poverty: Policy Options for the new Millennium

This report revisits the issues raised in the first Sustain report Food Poverty: What are the policy options? published in 1998. It looks at what has...

Growing Food In Cities: The benefits of urban agriculture in the UK

This groundbreaking 1996 report on the benefits of urban food growing contains 38 case studies from across the UK and beyond, showing how to take...

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