Sustain

  • Why is food still absent from UK carbon plan?

    Why is food still absent from UK carbon plan?

    Ruth Westcott from Sustain reflects on the absence of food from the UK’s plan to lower carbon emissions and why ministers are scared to talk about the need for dietary change

  • A plan for the land

    A plan for the land

    England’s first ever land use framework aims to maintain domestic food production while freeing land for nature, development and energy. Can it carry off such a delicate balancing act?

  • Sustain sets out sustainable farming vision

    Sustain sets out sustainable farming vision

    An alliance of food and farming NGOs has called for a new farming policy post-Brexit that will deliver sustainable, resilient farming based on the principle of public money for public goods. In a briefing paper, Sustain said that a focus…

  • Footprint Forum Report: Cut the clutter

    CATERING FIRMS are faced with myriad eco-labels. But are they an essential part of communicating their ethics?                   Ask a student what factors determine the food they buy and price will invariably…

  • Is the SRA waste initiative failing?

    THE SUSTAINABLE RESTAURANT Association (SRA) has issued a last call for businesses to get behind its FoodSave programme, which aims to reduce food waste in the Capital.                     With just four…

  • Industry backs BBPA waste scheme

    NINE COMPANIES HAVE formally signed up the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) waste scheme – SUSTAIN.                       The new members of the packaging compliance scheme include Britain’s largest brewer…

  • Public health at top of Soil Association agenda

    LEADING EXPERTS from education and the public health sector gathered last week at the annual Soil Association conference, under that banner ‘Good Food for All’.   The conference, which took place on from the 9th-10th October in London, focused on…

  • Winner of greenest pub award revealed

    THE WINNER OF the greenest pub in London competition – organised by the Jellied Eel magazine, the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) and the Ethical Eats Catering Network – has been announced as The Duke of Cambridge in Islington.  …

  • One million pounds to tackle obesity, food poverty and climate change in UK cities

    ONE MILLION pounds is to be invested in the UK’s first ‘Sustainable Food Cities’ programme to use good food to address some of today’s most pressing social, economic and environmental problems including obesity, food poverty and climate change. The programme…

  • The Political Print: Thatcher and NGO’s

    WHEN YOU associate Margaret Thatcher with food the first thought that springs to mind is probably milk. Yet the Iron Lady’s legacy to the industry is far greater than denying kids a free glass of the white stuff.   Supporters…