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The School for Social Entrepreneurs has announced that its Community Business Trade Up programme is open. The programme is open to community businesses in England that exists to improve their local neighbourhood, village or town and who want to start … Continue reading →

Round 2 of the Asda Foundation U18 Better Starts Grant is now open for applications. Not-for-profit organisations working to benefit children and young people under 18 years of age can apply for funding for a range of activities that address … Continue reading →

Approximately 30 food brands, foundations and investors have written to the Prime Minister, accusing him of undermining innovation in healthier food products, after the government’s U-turn on restricting junk food marketing. The open letter to the PM was published in … Continue reading →

New research suggests that subsiding fruit and vegetables would not only reduce shopping prices but would encourage greater uptake of a healthier diet. Warwick university recently published research which concluded that increasing food prices have led to a 15% reduction … Continue reading →

Health and food organisations are urging Number 10 to stand by its plan to ban multibuy promotions on junk food saying there should be no delay in implementing a key part of the Government’s obesity strategy. Further evidence of the … Continue reading →

Created by Hubbub, in partnership with Starbucks, the Bring It Back Fund aims to support innovative projects to increase the adoption, and remove barriers for, reusable packaging in the food and drink sector. Grants of between £150,000 and £300,000 are … Continue reading →

FoodSHIFT’s next public webinar, Farm to Fork, is on Monday 30th May at 11:00am. Farm to Fork – Why a sustainable food strategy is the only option to solve today’s and tomorrow’s crises. Soaring energy prices, the rising cost of … Continue reading →

The 9pm TV watershed and total online restriction for advertising high fat, salt and/or sugar products (HFSS) has been written into UK law today. The policies, which form part of the 2022 Health and Care Act, received Royal Assent and … Continue reading →

Rothamsted is running a competition for entrepreneurs and start-ups who are combating climate change with science or tech based ideas in the area of agriculture and food production. Cohort 4 is open for applications and the deadline is Friday 20th … Continue reading →

Sustain has voiced support for this ban and is calling on others to do so. Peatlands play a vital role in carbon sequestration, although they account for approximately 3% of the land but contains approximately 44% of the earth’s carbon. … Continue reading →