Eating Better

Eating Better is a movement for change of sixty organisations working to accelerate the transition from producing and eating too much meat and dairy to a fairer, healthier and more sustainable food system that is better for animal welfare and for nature.

Better By Half Roadmap

The ‘Better By Half’ roadmap identifies 24 actions across five influential sectors, where change needs to happen to ensure everyone has access to healthy, nutritious and affordable food.

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Producing and Serving Better Dairy: Mossgiel farm and East Ayrshire Council

Mossgiel Organic Farm are working with East Ayrshire Council to supply fresh organic milk to all 40 local schools.

Eating Better: Embedding sustainable food education in the curriculum

In this lesson at the Hackney School of Food, children learn how they can take vegetables from plant to plate, making nutritious plant-based meals and showing food education in action.

Serving Better: More plants, 'less and better' meat at Winchester University

We filmed at Winchester University where “less and better” meat and dairy and more plants on menus is helping reduce emissions and ensure staff and students are eating better.

Read the latest News, Reports and Case Studies

Eating Better alliance call for significant reduction in processed meat consumption

20 September 2023

A new resource from Eating Better considers the health impacts of processed meat and highlights the need for public sector caterers and health organisations to focus efforts on reducing processed meat consumption in the UK.

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Eating Better appoint new Executive Director

18 September 2023

Eating Better is pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Wakefield as its new Executive Director.

Practical food education for health professionals

8 September 2023

According to a study published in the British Medical Journal Nutrition, Prevention & Health, most medical professionals receive less than two hours of nutrition education during their entire training. Lauren Rathbone, registered dietitian, tells us how Best Food Forward, an initiative by The School of Artisan Food is filling this gap by offering a practical, enjoyable and unique learning environment to upskill health and medical professionals in food and health.

Why farmers need butterflies

5 September 2023

The Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count took place at the beginning of August. Over 92,000 people put on their walking boots and counted 1,571,619 butterflies from 21 species. Butterflies and moths are important to a healthy ecosystem and Tim Martin from Eating Better alliance member Farm Wilder shows how an abundance of butterflies can be part of beef farming in the UK.