Good food for all
We believe there should be no need for foodbanks, and that everyone should have access to healthy, sustainable food.
But for an increasing number of people, this is not the reality.
By supporting your local foodbank or community cafe, we can stand together with people facing hardship right now.
Choose a Sustainable Diet
Eat seasonally (for seasonal recipes and ideas, we love Veg Hacks)
Eat more vegetables, fruit and nuts.
Eat more UK beans and pulses – they’re a vital part of sustainable farming. Try Hodmedods for UK grown
Go for less and better meat & dairy (if you eat animal products) avoiding ultra-processed. If you eat meat, look for Pasture for Life, Organic, or produce from a local mixed farm
Grow Community & Urban Food
Growing food in urban and shared spaces such as community gardens or allotment can:
- pass on skills & foster community
- improve connection with our food, nature and the land
- support health and well being
- provide fresh, flavoursome foods without transport and packaging
- develop resilient seeds
- lead to respect and empathy with our farmers and growers, and the incredible work that they do
Know your farmer, know your food
If we want a thriving sustainable food economy, we need our good food producers, and the cafes, restaurants and shops that connect them to us:
- Farmers markets and farm shops
- Local veg box or Community Supported Agriculture, e.g. Ropsley Market Garden, or Middle World CSA
- Big Barn lists local food businesses when you put in your postcode
Change what we say.
Change how we think.
“For too long we, who buy and eat food, have been thought of as only consumers at the end of a food chain. Our power and our ability to act on our ethical principles has been limited to what we buy and how we buy it.
This idea is being challenged.
When we are treated as citizens, our compassionate values build a shared sense of belonging and community which means we are more trusting, more inclined to join with others, and more likely to find the courage to take action.”
Support the Food Partnership
Be a Food Partner
Food Partners are organisations and businesses that commit to working together for fairer, greener, healthier food for all through sustainable local action.
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Campaign
We can do lots of things ourselves, but some changes need to be made by governments and policy makers. Here are some campaigns that we support:
Save our rivers
Over 100 busloads of toxic poo are produced by factory farms in the UK every hour. With our soils saturated, this ends up washing into our rivers, suffocating wildlife. Lincolnshire is the 5th worst offender in the country!
Your council can protect local rivers from polluting factory farms.
School food for all
what’s happening now!
8 things we want to change