All Ways Apples Planning Meeting
By Tess Wilmot On a seasonal note, the weather so far this year is a far cry from that of last February and March. Nature is confused, the blackthorn blossom…
Fairtrade Fortnight
The three day Fairtrade event at The Clipper was a great success. The Co-op and Victoria Road Primary school all got into the spirit of Fairtrade alongside games, quizzes and…
Make food your Family Friend
Leading on Promoting healthy and Sustainable food to the public, Tami Skelton shares with us what Food Is Fun have been up to so far this year and what to…
Co-operative Councils and Sustainable Food Policy Lab Group
8th March 2019 The Co-operative Council Innovation Network (CCIN) Sustainable Food Policy Lab group’s inaugural face-to-face meeting is taking place at the Soil Association’s Bristol offices today. Food Plymouth’s…
Chittleford Farm Dexter Beef
Naturally reared and finished off grass on our Dartmoor hill farm. A traditional slow maturing breed A wonderfully succulent, marbled meat tasting how beef used to taste – delicious! Widecombe…
More Sugar Smart Ambassadors for Plymouth!
Plymouth held its fourth round of Sugar Smart Ambassador training on Wednesday 20th February. This session was aimed at well Dietetics and Nutrition students at the University of Plymouth and…
Take Stock Organic Event
Food Plymouth is in conversation with Sarah Jupp of the Soil Association around building a closer collaboration between us. Sarah is Business Development Manager for the Soil Association’s Foodservice and…
Are you a Community Grower?
Join us at the first of four community skills sharing gatherings on Sunday 17th March at Devonport Park Activity Centre. Food Plymouth’s Growing Community Abundance project will be celebrating 10 years of creating edible landscapes across…
Fairtrade Fortnight 2019
Fairtrade Plymouth promotes and delivers great work around sustainability and social justice which clearly sits within the Catering and Procurement theme of our Sustainable Food Cities (SFC) work. Therefore we…
One Stop Vegan Shop Plymouth Vegan Company Blog
A new Vegan supermarket will be opening its doors in Plymouth on Saturday 2nd March 2019. The outlet, named the Plymouth Vegan Company, will be selling all your favourite vegan snacks,…
Pollenize CIC
Pollenize CIC is a social enterprise increasing Plymouth’s urban biodiversity. By Matthew Elmes – BSc Environmental Science and Owen Finnie – BA Sociology. We founded Pollenize CIC in March 2018 acknowledging, like many…
Food Plymouth – Food Poverty and Diet Related Ill Health lead Dr Clare Pettinger celebrates publishing success
Clare is delighted to have her my co-authored book chapter published this week in the new Critical Dietetics and Critical Nutrition Studies textbook (edited by Prof John Coveney and Dr Sue Booth) #SustainableFoodSystems (Carlsson,…
Good News for Food Plymouth
Appointment of new Food Equality Champion Lisa Howard Following the success of our Food Power bid, and the hard work behind the scenes of the Food Equality alliance steering group…
Livewell Southwest Wellbeing at Work Programme Launch
Livewell Southwest’s Wellbeing at Work team and their partner organisations were delighted to welcome over 70 businesses to the launch of their new programme on 12th February at Boringdon Golf…
Food Plymouth at POP+ / Esmee Fairbairn funding meeting
By Zoe Nile On Thursday 7th February I joined POP+ Trustees, Network of Network panelists, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation representatives and fellow grant fund recipients in the Mayor’s Parlour, Devonport Guildhall…
Research regarding the Sugar Tax
Emma Poneskis, a final year Economics student at the University of Plymouth, is currently studying the impact of the 2018 UK Sugar Tax on consumption choices and its consequent impact…
News from Sugar Smart Devon
Amazing Ambassadors! Sugar Smart continues to get messages out to the people of Devon thanks to the efforts of our wonderful ambassadors. In recent months Sugar Smart has had a…
STARTING OFF WELL
Livewell Southwest & Plymouth City Council are very excited to announce our upcoming infant feeding and maternal wellbeing event on Tuesday 12th March, Plymouth Guildhall, which includes some very prestigious…
All Ways Apples Festival 2018 – Report
The ninth annual All Ways Apples Festival took place on 24th October 2018. Devonport Guildhall overflowed once again with fruit, creativity and learning opportunities. More than 400 people of…
Fairtrade Fortnight
Are you involved with your local church? Church resources are now available to download from the website including a presentation and sermon notes. Don’t forget to visit the main Fairtrade Fortnight 2019 webpage where digital and press…
NFU President Minette Batters in Honiton
30th January 2019 Food Plymouth’s Fairfax Luxmoore and Ian Smith joined farmers and food business people from across the West Country listening to and engaging with NFU President Minette Batters during…
Food Power Funding Update
‘Plymouth Food Equality project’ By Dr Clare Pettinger We are very pleased to have received an excellent response to our tender advertisement which called for an individual to catalyse, manage and steer delivery…
Feeding the City – Ideation Workshop Success
By Zoe Nile This event connects with Food Plymouth’s Sustainable Food Cities Local Food Economy work, discovering budding entrepreneurs with a thirst for improving food provision in Plymouth. In January…
Behind The Scenes, 23 January 2019 – The facts behind our new outreach project
by Jo Clarke, Marketing and Communications Officer The Box Plymouth have recently launched a new community outreach project called ‘Your Recipes, Your Heritage’ which is aiming to delve into peoples’ personal…
From the Sustainable Food Cities Network Sustainable Food Cities consultation response
Consultation on the future of the Sustainable Food Cities (SFC) Programme: A big thank you to everyone who participated in the SFC consultation survey and workshops on the future of…
Sugar reduction in schools and school meals
WEBINAR: 7th Feb, 2-3:30pm Join us for our next Sustainable Food Cities webinar on working with schools and school caterers to reduce sugar consumption in schools, from school meals to…
Fizz Free February
Are you taking part in Fizz Free February? Don’t forget to log in or register on SUGAR SMART and list what actions you are taking! We have developed Fizz Free February-themed actions for…
Sugar Smart Ambassador Training
Training Passionate about food and nutrition? Want to make a difference to food locally? Become a Sugar Smart ambassador and Get support to make a difference to your local food…
Public Health England launches new Change For Life campaign focusing on sugar reduction
The Government agency has launched a new campaign to encourage families to ‘make a swap when you next shop’ to help them cut back on sugar. Vera Zakharov, SUGAR SMART…
Livewell Southwest News and Opportunities
Whether you are looking to eat well and lose weight, drink less or move more, Livewell Southwest have plenty of resources to keep you on track. Find out more about:…
Fairtrade Fortnight 2019
Food Plymouth is delighted to support Fairtrade Plymouth’s great work around sustainability and social justice. Fairtrade fits happily into the Catering and Procurement theme of our Sustainable Food Cities (SFC)…
Feeding The City Workshop Success
Food Plymouth joined up with the King’s Cross Impact Hub recently to deliver a Feeding the City Ideation workshop to aspiring food entrepreneurs and others with food and entrepreneurship experience.…
Wilderness Woman
At the recent Spaces and Places for Food Expo there were a wonderful array of people and organisations there to find out more about each other and what is going…