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Reports: Food security: A briefing from the Farming and Land Use Network (FLUN)

The Farming and Land Use Network (FLUN) is a coalition of food, farming and environmental organisations committed to securing positive changes to the UK’s food and farming system.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Tuesday 23 April 2024

News: UK farmers set to benefit from new EU rules on fairer food supply chains

Small farmers and medium-sized producers are set to have increased protection from bullying by big food buyers, thanks to new rules introduced across the European Union today. However, it is not yet clear whether the UK Government will implement similar rules for food trade within the UK.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Wednesday 19 December 2018

News: More families to receive help from community food pantry in East London

The Food Store, a community pantry on the Burdett Estate in Poplar, has more than tripled its support for local families facing food insecurity, and is aiming to reaching over 100 people. 
Jellied Eel | Tuesday 16 February 2021

News: Secretary of State lampooned in Parliament over Government food standards

Shadow Food and Farming Minister Huw Irranca-Davies MP today challenged Caroline Spelman, Secretary of State for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs, to 'stop clowning around with food standards' and 'catch up with Ronald McDonald'.
Good Food for Our Money Campaign | Thursday 24 November 2011

News: Biggest-ever coalition of food producers calls for safeguards after Brexit

Seventy-five food producers and farming unions have written to the Prime Minster urging her to ensure the food sector maintains tariff-free access to the Single Market and continued access to a 'competent and reliable' workforce.
Sustain | Friday 2 December 2016

News: 124 million people in 51 countries are in ‘food crisis’

The Global Food Crisis Report shows rise in the amount of people starving. The areas most in need are north-eastern Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen and South Sudan, where nearly 32 million people were food-insecure and in need of urgent assistance.
Food Poverty | Thursday 5 April 2018

News: Labour in the food supply chain – are we prepared for 2021?

Government Ministers have stated that the UK will turn to the domestic labour market for the food supply chain in 2021. Currently the UK’s agriculture and wider food supply chain sector are heavily reliant on non-UK workers, so the comments have prompted concerns that there will be a shortage of labour following the UK’s new points-based immigration system. The comments were made at an Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee meeting this week (Tuesday 17 Nov) during which Defra and Home Office ministers faced questions.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Wednesday 18 November 2020

News: UK children fare badly in global study of food insecurity

A new report from Unicef finds that 10% of British under-15s live in households that experience severe food insecurity -- which means they sometimes go hungry, have to skip meals and have parents or carers who worry about being able to provide food.
Sustain | Friday 16 June 2017

News: New network for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners with an interest in food poverty

The UK’s first Food and Poverty conference was recently held at King’s College and the new ENUF network has been launched for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners with an interest in food poverty.
Sustain | Thursday 26 April 2018

Article: Putting people and planet first; running an ethical food business

With a growing interest in where what we eat and drink comes from, Amy Luck chats to London-based good food enterprises to get their take on the growing trend of ethical food and the dilemmas they face in achieving this status.
London Food Link | Thursday 26 August 2021


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