Food sustainability
Food, food procurement, food processing/manufacturing, growing food, and food packaging and waste have impacts on the social, cultural, environmental and economic aspects of our world.
Cultural, environmental, social and economic
aspects
Department
of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Sustainable Development: Key developments; Guiding
Principles; UK priorities; and further information.
The
Sustainable Farming and Food Strategy (Defra)
The strategy was published in December 2002. It sets out
how industry, government and consumers can work together to secure
a sustainable future for our farming and food industries, as viable
industries contributing to a better environment and healthy and
prosperous communities.
Environment
Agency
UK environmental advice agency and regulatory body.
Local sourcing
Department
for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Report on 'The validity of food miles as an indicator of
sustainable development'.
Environmental aspects
Food
waste composting
Ealing Council’s new residential food waste collection
service
Food packaging recycling
Waste
Online
Information on
packaging
recycling and
plastics
recycling.
TheSite.org
Facts about food packaging.
Department
of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Information on Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, and
the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste)
Regulations 1997. You can also find out if
your organisation is responsible for reclaiming packaging
waste.
Organic
Department
of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Information on organic food and farming, legislation and
standards.
The
Soil Association
Reports on the health-related benefits of eating organic
food:
Executive
Summary of the organic farming, food quality and human health
report (pdf)
Organic
food in relation to nutrition and health (pdf)
Other
resources from the Soil Association Library
CONDOR
An EU-funded project into consumer decision-making on organic
products.
Biodiversity aspects
Genetically Modified and Novel Foods– Information on the use,
nature and regulation of GM and Novel Foods as provided by
The Foods
Standards Agency and
The
Soil Association (GM news digest).
Socio-economic aspects
FAIRTRADE
Information on Fairtrade and the use and meaning of the
FAIRTRADE mark.
Ealing
Fairtrade
For information on Fairtrade in Ealing.