Local food system responses to COVID-19: Toronto and its city region Toronto and its city region – known as the Greater Golden Horseshoe – is the most populous area in Canada, with nine million inhabitants. As in much of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the economy, leading to spiralling unemployment, increased food…
Written By Fran Bernhardt Campaign coordinator Children’s Food Campaign Junk food companies are coming up with innovative ways to sell junk food to us during lockdown, some of which might raise a few eyebrows. Fran Bernhardt explores these tactics. We’ve carefully followed social distancing rules, forgone intimate moments with loved ones and carefully navigated these disconcerting…
It’s always good to hear what other cities are doing during this pandemic. Working in collaboration with food emergency response networks, Food Cardiff and Edible Cardiff are encouraging residents to grow their own vegetables. PLANTS RESCUED FROM COUNCIL NURSERIES. CREDIT: GREEN SQUIRREL Food Cardiff runs a successful local Veg Cities campaign with dozens of…
Reminder that today Sustain are running a webinar at 2.30pm on how school food caterers and councils are responding to Covid-19 and providing meals for older adults in the community. Register for today’s webinar here. For local authorities, caterers, meal providers and others interested in how to keep caterers afloat and how to ensure…
Fringe Farming: why Market Garden Cities need to be part of a resilient food supply Forty Hall Farm: Zoe Warde-Aldam In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, more than ever, we must unlock land around cities to create a renewed model of peri-urban food production across the UK, argues Sustain’s Programme Director, Sarah Williams… Only…
Please see below an invitation from Barbara Crowther, Coordinator, Children’s Food Campaign Free Webinar: Return to School: Catering for Children in a Crisis Friday 22 May, 11am-12pm As we prepare for pupils returning to school many are asking: What does the future hold for school meals? For those 1.3 million children in England who…
COVID-19 lock down has resulted in the closure of many volunteer community groups, schools and workplaces which would otherwise be feeding millions of vulnerable individuals. In order to ensure that no-one slips through the gap, charities have quickly adapted their operational models to ensure food can reach these vulnerable individuals within the 2m social distancing…
STUDENTSHIP – Getting smart about automated horticulture: new knowledges, practices and technologies Cardiff University Cardiff School of Planning and Geography Cardiff United Kingdom About This PhD Project Project Description Funding Notes Email Now How good is research at Cardiff University in Architecture, Built Environment and Planning Project Description The way food is grown is changing, with…
Pete Ritchie, Executive Director of Sustain member Nourish, explores the future of local food systems, from the frontline of farming and food supply in Scotland. Even though he’s already retired twice, Robert was at Shotts abattoir at six this morning to pick up four more lambs which Matthew took in for us on Tuesday…
The Government is making grants of up to £100,000 available to food charities. You can apply for the grant to provide for people: unable to afford food who have moved into temporary accommodation as a result of COVID-19, for example those who have left home due to domestic abuse, newly released prisoners, the newly homeless…