Peas Please Veg Advocate programme
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COVID Food Conversations – creative online workshop to gather thoughts and concerns about food and Covid 19.
The Food Equality Project is helping build a fair Food and Poverty Alliance for Plymouth, from the ground up, ensuring that the voices of local people, including those experiencing food…
Food Access Guide for Plymouth launched
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Food Plymouth’s Food Equality Project began work on a Food Access Guide for Plymouth. This was a response to the acute pressures experienced by many…
New scheme to help people access food and essentials during COVID
New scheme to help people access food and essentials during COVID Plymouth City Council is launching a new scheme to ensure that people who are struggling to afford food and…
Food Plymouth IS HIRING
TENDER OPPORTUNITY We are seeking dynamic, resourceful and passionate contractor to join the Food Plymouth team as our new Sustainable Food Places Partnership and Network Coordinator. This exciting new role will be responsible for…
The government wants your views on public sector food
The government wants your views on public sector food The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee is consulting on public procurement. Online consultation closes 27th August Anyone with an…
# Big Green Shout Devon
Who Do you want to shop locally? Do you want to make a difference in Devon? Do you want to be sustainable? Then this is for you. What & Where…
National Food Strategy – first report of recommendations to Government launched
National Food Strategy – first report of recommendations to Government launched The report reflects on the information gathered through the broad consultation excercise of the last year, and focuses recommendations…
Campaigners celebrate reinstatement of school fruit and veg
Campaigners celebrate reinstatement of school fruit and veg Public Health Minister Jo Churchill said to journalists that the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme will resume as normal in Autumn when…
Pester Power or Parent Power?
Pester Power or Parent Power? Parents want to see an end to the use of popular children’s characters and brand mascots on food and drink high in fat, salt and…
Online Workshop, 16th July – Creative Responses: amplifying stories from the grassroots
Plymouth Food Equality Project is delighted to be taking part in a fantastic series of creative workshops by Church Action on Poverty Join online to make a live, collaborative, multi-media collage…
Hungry for change: Peers call for food system failures to be fixed
Hungry for change: Peers call for food system failures to be fixed New report by the House of Lords Select Committee on Food, Poverty, Health and the Environment examines how to…
Webinar – Making sense of it: What’s happened and what next?
Making sense of it: What’s happened and what next? 14/07/2020 14:00 15:00 When it comes to food insecurity, how do we assess what’s happened over the last months to address rising…
The value of local
The value of local by Alicia Miller – Website Editor on 26 June, 2020 in Business and Food, Food Movement As I wrote when the pandemic swept in, the uptake in our box scheme during the…
Land sharing and land sparing: We need food in harmony with nature
Land sharing and land sparing: We need food in harmony with nature by Patrick Holden on 26 June, 2020 in Food Policy, Food Systems Interviewing Isabella Tree for our recent podcast has given me much cause for reflection…
Hungry for Change: A briefing from Lord Krebs on the report from the House of Lords Select Committee on Food, Poverty, Health and the Environment
Hungry for Change: A briefing from Lord Krebs on the report from the House of Lords Select Committee on Food, Poverty, Health and the Environment Webinar 08/07/2020 09:30 –10:15 Food Foundation…
Food Thinkers: Reframing the obesity narrative in the wake of COVID-19
City University London’s next 2020 Food Thinkers webinar will be given by Johanna Ralston, CEO of World Obesity Federation on Wednesday 15 July, 5.15pm – 6.45pm, as part of their Women Redesigning…
THE OXFORD FARMING CONFERENCE WEBINAR
THE OXFORD FARMING CONFERENCE OFC 2021 Sponsors Patrons Speakers Programme Videos Delegate info Other Years WELCOME Welcome to #OFC21 Bitesize, a series of one-hour events hosted virtually via our website…
The Covid Food Emergency in Western Europe: the role of cities during and after the crisis
The Covid Food Emergency in Western Europe: the role of cities during and after the crisis Wednesday 1 July 11.00-12.30 (CET) / 10.00-11.30pm (BST) A webinar bringing together Terres…
Parents! Share your views on children and food during Covid-19
Parents! Share your views on children and food during Covid-19 Children’s Food Campaign and Food Active have launched a new survey with parents to find out how being in lockdown during Covid-19 has…
City-region perspectives on providing food for the vulnerable in times of COVID-19
City-region perspectives on providing food for the vulnerable in times of COVID-19 The COVID-19 crisis saw city-regions from across the world respond to the emergency in a number of ways,…
SGM Launches Food Solidarity Fund
New collective funding opportunity for Social Gastronomy organizations thanks to initial funding from The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Today, in celebration of Sustainable Gastronomy Day – a United Nations-designated day…
Community food growing post lockdown webinar
Community food growing post lockdown 01/07/2020 10:30 12:00 Credit: Zoe Ward Aldam Wednesday 1 July 10.30am-12pm A webinar organised by Sustainable Food Places and Sustain for Capital Growth and Good to…
Public wants more action on obesity in light of Covid19
Public wants more action on obesity in light of Covid19 74% of the British public want to see more Government action on obesity, in light of evidence showing links between Covid19 and…
Campaigners celebrate free school meals win
Back of the net! Campaigners celebrate free school meals win Whilst footballer Marcus Rashford scored the final winning goal in the free school meals campaign, the Government’s u-turn on holiday…
Upcoming Webinar. Good Food Businesses: rebuilding, reopening and retaining new customers
Good Food Businesses: rebuilding, reopening and retaining new customers 24/06/2020 15:00 16:30 Credit: Pexels Wednesday 24 June 3-4.30pm A webinar organised by Sustainable Food Places and Sustain, with the Real Bread…
ONE BITE AT A TIME: Consumers and the Transition to Sustainable Food
Between October and November 2019, BEUC, The European Consumer Organisation, carried out a survey together with 12 of its member organisations across 11 EU countries1 to investigate consumer attitudes towards…
Bounce back Britain
This report has been written for the Social Market Foundation and looks at what lessons must be learned from the policy response to the 2008 financial crisis. It’s key focus…
New funding to promote urban agriculture
Congratulations to Green Futures Associates on securing Esmee Fairbairn Foundation Funding for the innovative Urban Agriculture Consortium. Food Plymouth has been supporting this initiative since its early days. Indeed Jeremy…
New manifesto identifies ‘Fast Actions’ to keep food SMEs in business
New manifesto identifies ‘fast actions’ to keep food SMEs in business COVID-19 has exposed the inflexibility of the UK’s food supply chains. A report by the Dynamic Food Procurement National Advisory Board…
Parlimentary briefing: Food and the Covid-19 pandemic, May 2020
Admirable national and local efforts were made to identify and support 1.5 million clinically vulnerable people but this would have been much easier had the infrastructure of a thriving meals-on-wheels…
A Day of Celebration across the Network and Partnership
Today is the Day of Celebration and Action where we will showcase the incredible work our partners are doing across the Network as they strive to meet the needs arising…