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National Food Strategy: A blog by Jimmy Woodrow
The Pasture-Fed Livestock Association's Jimmy Woodrow responds to the National Food Strategy, agreeing with almost every conclusion the s...
Government backing for local food infrastructure could create 200,000 jobs and help restore nature
A shift of 10% of the retail market share for sustainable, local food businesses could create an additional 200,000 jobs, support a green...
Patrick Holden comments on National Food Strategy
Patrick Holden shares his views on the National Food Strategy
The power to expose the invisibility of Nature: What else can the Global Farm Metric do?
To make nature visible, we must measure the impacts of food and farming systems and internalise hidden costs; the National Food Strategy ...
NatWest Group and SFT to collaborate on The Global Farm Metric
NatWest Group and the Sustainable Food Trust to join forces for the next two years to support the development of the Global Farm Metric
The Sustainable Food Trust welcomes historic Dimbleby report
We respond to Henry Dimbleby's National Food Strategy
What if we valued food in terms of nutrients and ecological health instead of dollars or calories?
For many people, deciding what to eat often involves figuring out which foods fit within their budget. But when price is taken out of the...
Creating an enabling policy environment for farmers
In this excerpt from True Cost Accounting for Food: Balancing the Scale, Patrick Holden and Adele Jones highlight the importance of apply...
Honest pricing: How much should food cost?
How much should food cost? Is sustainable food affordable for the majority? What is the true cost of food?
Banking on Soil Carbon
So far, carbon offsetting schemes have focused on tree-planting, but Honor Eldridge highlights the importance of including soil carbon in...
Why we should be concerned about a free-trade deal with Australia?
SFT policy director Richard Young looks at the reasons we should be concerned about a free-trade deal in meat between the UK and Australia
Fixing overfishing
What is overfishing? How bad is has it become, and what are the alternatives? Coty Perry take an in-depth look into the issue and its imp...