Eating Better

CLEAR joins the Eating Better alliance as a partner network. We have collaborated with the organisation on our Changing the Narrative programme and we are excited to welcome them to the alliance to further progress action towards fairness and sustainability in food and farming systems.

A new Eating Better x Food Foundation survey finds that public willingness to reduce meat consumption is growing, but misconceptions persist.

Eating Better is delighted to welcome Anthony Field, Head of Compassion in World Farming UK to continue to represent the importance of animal welfare on the Board and further Eating Better members’ collective goals. We issue our heartfelt thanks to Carol McKenna who steps down from our Board of Trustees after a decade of support.

The Board of Trustees of any charity has the overall responsibility for the governance of the organisation. At Eating Better, trustees bring a broad range of expertise from across food and farming, from our members and beyond. We are excited to announce that we are adding two new trustees to the Board.

Eating Better is pleased to announce that we have appointed an interim Executive Director, Rebecca Sunter, to cover for Sarah Wakefield who will be on maternity leave from September 2025 for 12 months. We would like to extend our congratulations and well wishes to Sarah at this exciting time.

The Eating Better alliance grows even stronger with two new impactful organisations joining the fold. They bring with them valuable perspectives on shifting diets towards more plants and how this is progressing internationally, as well as on the farming transition towards sustainable agricultural practices. 

Following the government’s announcement on mandatory reporting at the weekend, alliances representing over 200 organisations, plus 25 individual organisations representing health, farming, environment and animal welfare, are asking the government to ensure mandatory reporting goes beyond healthy sales to incorporate key health and sustainability criteria.

We are delighted to welcome three new members to the Eating Better alliance. They bring experience from their work in nutrition and health, community and social justice and sustainability within the hospitality sector.

A recent Telegraph article claims that young people are turning away from plant-based diets and rejecting the push to eat less meat using findings from our Public Attitudes Survey 2024. But is that really what’s happening?

We are excited to release the updated Better by Half Roadmap, Eating Better’s guide for achieving nutritious, healthy and sustainable diets across the UK, with a focus on less and better meat and dairy. This revision builds on its creation in 2019. It is a reflection of our shared objectives as an alliance, formed through collaboration between our 68 member organisations.

New data from Eating Better shows that retailers, food service and government need to catch up with public attitudes towards meat, dairy and supporting farmers.

Eating Better is pleased to welcome seven organisations from a wide range of expertise to the alliance.

The way we farm is key to building and maintaining healthy and sustainable food systems in the UK. We spoke to Huw Foulkes of Pentrefelin about his farm in North Wales about how he is supplying pasture-fed meat and dairy to his local community.

Eating Better is pleased to announce the appointment of Julia Kirby-Smith as its new Chair of Trustees.

This year marks 10 years of Eating Better. A decade in, we’re being increasingly recognised as a successful model of cross-sectoral collaboration for advocacy.

The Climate Change Committee’s latest Progress Report to Parliament highlights how the UK is falling short on reducing domestic emissions from all sectors and failing to facilitate a shift to healthy and sustainable diets.

At Eating Better, we are reflecting on what food justice looks like to us. We are starting to critically examine the role we play in transformation towards sustainable, healthy, just food systems. 

The results from our latest survey with Public Sector Catering show the sector’s continued progress towards serving less meat in public sector meals.

As we emerge from the pandemic, it’s time to hit reset - we can’t go back to business-as-usual. We need to take action to fix the climate and nature emergency, but we can’t do this without tackling food.