National & global food news, issues and campaigns, and food organisations we support and work with towards a greener, fairer, healthier food economy.


The Open Food Network 

The Open Food Network (OFN) is a not-for-profit, open source software platform that enables farmers, growers and community food enterprises to sell produce online. The software is designed to foster co-operation, collaboration and fairness in the food system. Read more…

openfoodnetwork.org.uk

Food Ethics Council

A charity that provides independent advice on the ethics of food and farming, with the aim of creating a food system that is fair and healthy for people, animals and the environment.

foodethicscouncil.org

Food Citizenship

A project from the Food Ethics Council: How thinking of ourselves differently can change the future of our food system.

foodcitizenship.info

Lincoln Climate Commission

The climate commission – a collaboration between stakeholders across Lincoln and Lincolnshire – is working on a road map to achieve the City Council’s target of net zero carbon by 2030.

Lincoln Climate Commission

The Trussell Trust

Our aim is to end hunger and poverty in the UK. We support a nationwide network of food banks and together we provide emergency food and support to people locked in poverty, and campaign for change to end the need for food banks in the UK.

trusselltrust.org

Incredible Edible

A network of food groups, with a vision to create kind, confident and connected communities through the power of food.

incredibleedible.org.uk

Sustain

A multitude of different projects and campaigns to improve food and farming, with the help of our members and other supporters.

www.sustainweb.org

FareShare

FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 17 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to almost 11,000 frontline charities and community groups.

fareshare.org.uk

The first major review of our food system in 75 years.

Read our response to it here.

Making it happen in Lincoln

Local food news from our blog

The Future of Food in the Lincolnshire Fens

In this workshop, we will explore collectively the current and foreseeable challenges to producing, processing, and transporting food in the Fens. We will build on the experience of local farmers, processors, retailers, IDBs, local authorities, the Environment Agency, and others who live and work in the Fens. Through discussions, punctuated by snippets of information on…

Baking with Diverse Grain

Baking using flour from diverse population wheat, from Turner’s of Bytham and South Ormsby Estate in Lincolnshire Photos from Lincolnshire Breadbasket event at Heckington Windmill on 3rd May, and sent by the bakers in the following weeks

The Reality of Food Poverty in Lincoln

A new report shows a dramatic rise in the number of Lincoln residents needing emergency food parcels from the city’s food banks. The greatest increase is among households with children: children now account for 35% of all people fed by food banks in Lincoln.  The two largest food bank networks in Lincoln provided almost 47,000…

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