News: How does secondary school food fare for young people?
New research from Food Active suggests while many schools are taking steps to provide healthier choices, reduce queues and improve seating within the canteen, students want to see more improvements. Children's Food Campaign responds.
Children's Food Campaign | Thursday 23 May 2024
Events: Sourcing local food in public catering and procurement
The webinar will cover developments in public catering and procurement policy, innovative examples of sourcing local agroecological food, and the role of food partnerships in this context.
Sustainable Food Places | Tuesday 11 July 2023
Blog: Fixing supply chains for a fairer food future
Following Bridging the Gap’s first in a series of webinars, Hannah Gibbs takes an optimistic view on the role of food hubs and ethical wholesalers to fix opaque food systems and deliver organic fruit and veg to people on low incomes, with next steps for the movement.
Bridging the Gap | Tuesday 13 February 2024
Events: English Devolution: implications and opportunities for Food Partnerships
Join us for an insightful session on the English Devolution agenda, what the devolution deals for counties and regions mean for local decision-making on issues pertaining to food, and how our network of food partnerships can prepare for this changing landscape and identify opportunities.
Sustainable Food Places | Tuesday 13 May 2025
News: Knowsley Council signs off UK's second comprehensive healthier baby food advertising policy
The policy was brought in as an update to their healthier food advertising policy and will address misleading and inappropriate unhealthy products marketed to young children.
Commercial Determinants | Monday 21 July 2025
News: New Regional Food Hubs Support Programme open
Applications are open for a new Regional Food Hubs Support Programme run by Better Food Traders, targeting supply chain hubs in their start up phase or looking to scale up operations. Apply by Friday 22 November for a chance to take part in the programme, kicking off early 2025.
Local Food Plan | Tuesday 5 November 2024
News: 1.5 million food parcels distributed as need continues to soar
New figures released by the Trussell Trust reveal that 1.5 million emergency food parcels were provided between April and September 2023 by food banks in the charity’s UK-wide network. This is the most parcels that the network has ever distributed at this point in the year and represents a 16% increase from the same period in 2022.
Food Poverty | Wednesday 8 November 2023
News: Scaling out local food systems: New research published
The local food sector is grappling with substantial challenges, according to a recent report, creating high barriers to market entry in a supermarket-dominated system. This include inadequate infrastructure for processing and retail, and fragmented sector coordination as major hurdles to growth in the 'critical' local food sector.
Local Food Plan | Thursday 13 June 2024
News: Spring Budget 2024: What did it deliver on food and farming?
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has presented his 2024 Spring Budget in the midst of an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, Sustain asks: So what did it deliver?
Sustain | Wednesday 6 March 2024
News: 'We Feed the UK' exhibition celebrates women-led initiatives nurturing nature-friendly food
Sophie Gerrard's 'Cultivating Equality' photography exhibition, the latest from We Feed the UK campaign, is taking place as part of Sustain's Good to Grow week 2024.
Good to Grow | Wednesday 17 April 2024
Good to Grow: Sustain The alliance for better food and farming advocates food and agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, improve the working and living environment, enrich society and culture and promote equity.
