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Food Policy
SFT signs open letter to Prime Minister to protect food and farming standards
The Sustainable Food Trust, along with 63 other farming, health and environmental organisations, has signed an open letter from the NFU t...
ORFC 2020: Saving small abattoirs
In our session which took place at the Oxford Real Food Conference 2020 we explore the problems facing the sector and the urgent action t...
We need Government help to save small abattoirs
Yesterday we heard from speakers at the Oxford Real Farming Conference about the crisis facing our local meat supply as small abattoirs c...
Project update: An international framework for measuring on-farm sustainability
The SFT’s work in exploring the external costs of food and farming, has led us to the realisation that we need a common approach to measu...
Why sustainable livestock farming is essential for a healthy planet
Ahead of the BBC 1 documentary, ‘Meat, A Threat to our Planet?’, Patrick Holden stresses the importance of differentiating between livest...
Why sustainable farming needs Government support
In this short film, Patrick Holden outlines why the Government needs to make sustainable farming a financially viable option.
Small abattoirs facing increasing pressure: What is the future of local meat?
Is the UK's network of small abattoirs on the brink of collapse? What can we do to protect them and the future of local meat?
National Food Strategy: Sustainable Food Trust written response
Read our response to the UK National Food Strategy
National Food Strategy: Submission from the Campaign for Local Abattoirs
The Campaign for Local Abattoirs submitted evidence to the UK Government's National Food Strategy in October 2019
General Election 2019: Our call to all Parties
We call on the all the political parties to state their commitment to UK farmers in their manifestos and to give a high priority to devel...
Sustainable Farming and Our Land: Our submission on Welsh agriculture
Read our submission of evidence to the Welsh Government consultation
SFT responds to new study into greenhouse gas impacts of converting to organic
This week saw the publication of a study claiming that a wholesale shift to organic farming in England and Wales could lead to a 21% rise...