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News: Parliamentary committee criticises the government’s ‘leisurely approach to food security’

The Government has responded to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select committee report on food security. The Select Committee report, published in July 2023, urged the Government to tackle the accessibility and affordability of healthy food for households across the UK. However, the committee chair, Sir Robert Goodwill, has criticised the government response and their ‘leisurely approach to tackling unhealthy eating habits’. 
Sustain | Friday 17 November 2023

News: New food around the block

Growing Round the Houses , a new briefing paper, explains how social housing providers and their tenants can work together on their estates to grow food
London Food Link | Thursday 26 June 2008

News: Entry open for London's first ever Urban Food Awards

As part of the Urban Food Routes initiative, citizens of our fair city are being offered the chance to help crown the capital's best good food enterprises.
London Food Link | Tuesday 22 July 2014

Reports: Sustain's Manifesto for a Better Food Britain

The Sustain general election manifesto 2019 sets out what we want government and policy makers to do, to secure a Better Food Britain.
Sustain | Thursday 3 October 2019

Reports: Eating Oil: Food supply in a changing climate

Eating Oil takes a comprehensive look at how far our food travels and our dependency on imports and on fossil fuels to produce, process, package and distribute food. It shows how our food is travelling ever further both within the UK and through international trade. The fact-packed, 90-page report reveals how such trends could be reversed through industry, government and public action. In 2002 it received the prestigious Guild of Food Writers Award for Investigative Journalism, presented by Derek Cooper.
Food Facts | Thursday 1 January 2004

News: Voluntary controls on junk food ads endangers children's health

In the Public Health White Paper, it is said that the Government will set out its preferred option for voluntary controls on junk food advertising to children. But Sustain's Children's Food Bill campaign argues that each year that legislation is delayed, an estimated 40,000 children will become obese.
Children's Food Campaign | Monday 15 November 2004

Page: Healthier food advertising policies

From confectionery emblazoned on the side of bus stops to greasy burgers on billboards, the stage is set for unhealthy food and drinks everywhere we go. And while food and drink companies and advertisers have profited, our children’s health is losing out.
Commercial Determinants

Reports: Food Miles - Still on the Road to Ruin?

Five years on from the initial report into the impact of food miles, this update assesses how the debate has moved on. It includes: updated statistics and analysis of the effects of pollution, packaging, processing; biodiversity and nutrition; a review of local alternatives and recommendations for action.
Food Facts | Friday 1 January 1999

News: Top chefs tell PM to ban junk food marketing to kids

An open letter from more than twenty prominent food writers and chefs today calls on the Prime Minister to support the Children's Food Bill to protect children from being targeted by junk food advertisers. The letter's signatories include Raymond Blanc, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Sophie Grigson, Marguerite Patten OBE, Gary Rhodes, Nigel Slater, Rick Stein and Antony Worrall Thompson.
Children's Food Campaign | Monday 10 October 2005

Blog: The UK must measure up on ‘true’ food security

Whatever you think of the term “food security”, it will soon be in UK law, so let's make the best use of it that we can, argues Sustain’s chief executive Kath Dalmeny.
Food Poverty | Wednesday 26 February 2020


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