Pull up a chair and take a read of Food Plymouth’s Growing Community Abundance Project Report
Click on the link below to read the full report. End of project Report for Food Plymouth Growing Community Abundance project 2019-20 FINAL
Grab yourself a cuppa, as here it is- the All Ways Apples Festival 2019 report.
We’re excited to share with you our All Ways Apples Festival 2019 report. This year’s festival will look very different, but the apples will still be there so we…
What’s in Season? An exciting seasonal veg table from VegPower
Check out all the delicious veg in season and click for recipes from the simple to the extravagant from our friends at VegPower. Click the link below to access their…
Shortening Supply Chains: Roads to Regional Resilience
Shortening Supply Chains: Roads to Regional Resilience Helping shorter supply chains to survive and thrive will make our food system more resilient and sustainable. In our new report, find out how businesses…
WHO Manifesto for a healthy recovery from COVID-19
Although the manifesto tells the global picture, how can this be brought into local relevance? Prescriptions for a healthy and green recovery from COVID-19 26 May 2020 “The pandemic…
Local food system responses to COVID-19: Toronto and its city region
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…
10 ways industry is flogging us junk food through lockdown
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…
GROWING MORE FOOD IN LOCKDOWN IN CARDIFF
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…
Reminder -webinar today: School caterers put their meals on wheels.
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.…
Fringe Farming: why Market Garden Cities need to be part of a resilient food supply
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,…
[FREE WEBINAR]: Return to School: Catering for Children in a Crisis, Friday 22 May, 11am
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…
How charities are adapting to ensure no one goes hungry during COVID-19
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…
ESRC PHD COLLABORATIVE STUDENTSHIP – Getting smart about automated horticulture: new knowledges, practices and technologies
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…
Local food is for life, not just for Covid
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…
FOOD CHARITIES GRANT FUND: up to £100K to support people affected by Covid-19
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…
Food during Lockdown in Plymouth : Has Covid-19 changed what you eat?
Food during Lockdown in Plymouth: Has Covid-19 changed what you eat? Are you self-isolating? Cooking for yourself or a family? Are you growing food? Are you having difficulty getting the…
A Message from The Landworkers’ Alliance
A Message from The Landworkers’ Alliance The Agriculture Bill is making a swift return to parliament on May 13th – so we need to act quickly! The Bill still has…
Devon Community Foundation COVID-19 Response
Devon Community Foundation COVID-19 Response Weekly Briefing, 7 May 2020 There’s a great spotlight on food and nutrition is this week’s issue. Click here or below to download the Devon…
Sustainable Food Cities – “Work on trade & food continues and we need your help”
Sustainable Food Cities – “Work on trade & food continues and we need your help” Please see below an email from Vera Zakharov, Local Action Coordinator from Sustainable Food Places…
Veg Box sales increase by 111% in six weeks as a result of Covid-19
NEW FOOD FOUNDATION DATA: Veg Box sales increase by 111% in six weeks as a result of Covid-19 May 2020 : Read the full report here. New data from the…
Analysis: Longer term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the UK food system
Poultry News Written for ‘Poultry News’ by Professor James Lowenberg-DeBoer, Elizabeth Creak Chair of Agri-Tech Economics at Harper Adams University. The food security of the United Kingdom in the post-COVID-19…
Social Enterprise and COVID-19
As a Social Enterprise city we felt it was important to bring you the latest news from our friends at Social Enterprise UK. This research is based on the responses…
5 Things COVID19 has told us about food systems in the UK
5 Things COVID19 has told us about food systems in the UK Article by Mark Breen | Published 28 Apr, 2020 COVID19 has put a spotlight on many areas of life…
M&S: new campaign to support British Farmers
M&S is launching a six-week campaign to support British farmers. Committing to British farmers The campaign includes documenting and interviewing farmers by ‘farmer cam’ to shed light on what goes…
New to gardening?
Here are a few tips from Grow Your Own magazine members. Click the link for the full story. Mary Cook says: “Don’t give up. Our first year of growing we…
Supporting Local Food Online – from Sustain
Many small food businesses have moved their trade online during the lockdown. Sustain has currated a (non-exhaustive) list of websites which host several independent food businesses selling their produce. If you…
A light at the end of the Covid tunnel?
Written for the Sustainable Food Trust – A light at the end of the Covid tunnel? by Patrick Holden on 24 April, 2020 in Food Systems In farming and food systems, as in every other…
What does a global pandemic mean for a global food system?
What does a global pandemic mean for a global food system? by Honor May Eldridge – Head of Policy on 24 April, 2020 in Business and Food, Food Policy, Food Systems In the last few weeks, we…
Food Plymouth partners – we want to hear from YOU
A month of the Covid-19 pandemic has now passed and these unprecedented show no signs of easing. Food businesses, restaurants and organisations have had to make difficult decisions. Some have…
Accessing fruit & veg during Covid-19 – Survey
Our friends at Peas Please have developed a survey to track people’s experiences of fruit and veg access during the Covid-19 crisis. Please click the link to complete it: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQnxikQZDE4EPO7bAznwUm7kR4D7eLx9iDi2cYXwS_2bueFQ/viewform…
Food Equality Plymouth – Workshops & YouTube Channel
Visual Exhibition + 3 short ‘Food Equality Plymouth’ films of our Workshops We are excited to share with you the visual outputs of our Year 1 Workshops! These detail experiences…
The Big Picture: How is COVID-19 affecting how we feed ourselves?
The Food Foundation have launched their Covid-19 tracker to better understand how our food system is being impacted and what effect this will have on UK citizens. COVID-19 is having…
Support your local businesses and #Shop4Plymouth
Support your local businesses and #Shop4Plymouth The current crisis affects us on both a global and local level, with restrictions on movement impacting the way we live – including the…