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How industrial livestock production is fuelling the next global crisis
7 July 2025
When the world went into lockdown in 2020, all eyes turned to wildlife markets. But what if the next pandemic doesn’t come from a faraway forest, but from a farm just down the road?

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Mandatory reporting must go beyond healthy sales say alliances representing over 200 organisations
3 July 2025
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.
Governments Retailers and manufacturers Food service

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Changing the Narrative - Farmers in the dietary change conversation
2 July 2025
Following our Retailer and Manufacturer messaging guides, Eating Better have been gearing up to develop our messaging guide focused on supporting better engagement with producers. As part of our Changing the Narrative project, we hosted an event, ‘Farming and dietary change: building common ground’, split over two days. These talks, farm tours and workshops were for the Eating Better alliance and beyond, helping to bridge the gap between NGOs, funders, researchers, civil servants and farmers.
Producers

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High Steaks: Why we need to talk about young men and meat
9 June 2025
The UK is eating less meat—on average. Since 2000, national meat consumption has fallen by over 17%, and the typical Brit now eats around one kebab’s worth less meat each week than they did two decades ago.
But dig a little deeper, and a different picture emerges. Young men aged 16–24 are bucking the trend.

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We need to talk about industrial livestock production
27 April 2025
Eating Better launches a comprehensive definition of industrial livestock production and makes the case for change across the UK food system.
Producers

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Three new Eating Better members - Championing sustainability in health, communities and professional kitchens
10 April 2025
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.

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Size of Wales calls for Wales to become a deforestation free nation
21 March 2025
Tropical forests are crucial to life on Earth, helping to provide the conditions for life to thrive on our planet. These biodiverse ecosystems provide us with a range of benefits, or ecosystem services, that range from sequestering carbon and climate regulation to air and water purification, from disease prevention to the provision of shelter, food and medicine. Not to mention the benefits we receive in terms of culture, awe and inspiration.

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Forests and food: Recognising International Day of Forests in a critical year
21 March 2025
2025 marks a critical year for forests, with global leaders preparing for COP30, the major climate summit set to take place in Belém, Brazil—deep in the heart of the Amazon. At the same time, businesses are in a final sprint to meet their commitments to eliminate deforestation and habitat conversion from their supply chains by the year’s end.

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Reframing fear and failure
10 March 2025
Change needs to happen. If we continue with our current status quo and food system, then we can say goodbye to healthy food, clean air and water, and the seasons as we know them.
With the weight of this pressure resting on our shoulders, for good reason many of us working on changing the food system in whatever form, are worried about getting it wrong. Fear of failure is a huge barrier to change, and reframing our approach might be an effective way to get a rare school of thought adopted more broadly; that change is possible. As the late David Graeber said, “The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently”.

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How to be an anti-racist organisation – reflections on the second workshop
3 March 2025
Roshni Shah from Sustain and Idman Abdurahaman from Eating Better reflect on the content and learnings from our second workshop, and share resources to support further research.

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Climate and dietary change: is 2025 the year we connect the dots?
27 February 2025
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) just published its 7th Carbon Budget (known as CB7). This set out the legal limit for UK net emissions of greenhouse gases over the years 2038 to 2042. It also contained the different options available for the UK Government to choose and the different ‘pathways’ to get to net-zero, with advice for Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland to be published later in 2025. This is a vitally important milestone in fixing our food system. But what does it all mean for healthy and sustainable diets?
Governments Producers

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We are all citizens - not vegans and meat eaters
13 February 2025
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?

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'How to be an anti-racist organisation' workshop series
19 December 2024
Last month Sustain and Eating Better held the first of three workshops on ‘How to be an anti-racist organisation’ with the support of Social Justice Collective. The aim of the first workshop was to focus on self reflection and understanding as we know that a lack of confidence around language and terms is a barrier for people to engage with anti-racist practice.

Case Studies
Nourish Scotland's approach to promoting dignity and justice in tackling food insecurity
22 November 2024
For our final case study, we spotlight Nourish Scotland and examine how embracing dignity and justice, through co-creation and amplifying marginalised voices in decision-making, can transform food systems.

Case Studies
The influence of identity groups on Landworkers' Alliance mission and work
20 November 2024
For years, the Landworkers Alliance has been organising identity-based groups to embed inclusivity and intersectionality in farming and landwork. The case study below highlights the impact these groups have had on members and how they have shaped the organisation's broader efforts in diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism.

Case Studies
REDI for change: supporting organisations across the UK in dismantling oppression within food systems
18 November 2024
In our commitment to fostering justice within the sustainable food sector, we’re turning to the inspiring work of our alliance members who are pioneering initiatives to create systemic change.
Among these efforts, the REDI for Change Toolkit stands out as a groundbreaking resource, supporting organisations across the UK in dismantling oppression within food systems. In this blog, Ben Messer walks us through the purpose and transformative impact of integrating REDI for Change into the Sustainable Food Places programme, paving the way for a more inclusive and equitable food future.

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Nourishing Justice - a toolkit for our journeys
14 November 2024
A just, diverse, equitable and inclusive (JEDI) food system is something which all Eating Better members aspire to see. But until we put these principles into practice in our own organisations we will not see the food system change.

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Three more organisations join the Eating Better alliance
1 October 2024
Eating Better is pleased to welcome three new organisations to the alliance to strengthen the movement and bring expertise in farming, animal welfare, health and the environment.

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The Better by Half Roadmap refreshed
25 September 2024
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.
Governments Producers Retailers and manufacturers Food service Financial institutions and investors

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Key to sustainable plant production is fair pay and accessibility
2 September 2024
Eating Better’s Better by Half roadmap calls for producers to maximise UK-based plant production in a sustainable way. Key to this is paying growers fairly and embedding accessibility across the business. We spoke to Sean Ruffell, Managing Director of Organic North in Manchester, about how they are supporting farmers and supplying organic produce to businesses across the UK.
Producers Retailers and manufacturers Food service

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The public want to eat better and less meat, policy needs to catch up
1 August 2024
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.

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A new UK Government could mean new opportunities for fixing our food system
18 July 2024
A new UK Government was elected earlier this month, with the widely expected result of Labour replacing the Conservatives as the governing party and Keir Starmer becoming our new Prime Minister. This presents an exciting opportunity for a change in direction on UK food policy.
Governments

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Eating Better celebrate 10 years of championing healthy and sustainable diets
1 July 2024
Through an ever-changing political landscape, global pandemics and groundbreaking climate agreements, Eating Better has been bringing together civil society to work towards a healthier and more sustainable food system for all.

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The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change joins the Eating Better alliance
10 June 2024
Eating Better is pleased to welcome the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change (UKHACC) to the Eating Better alliance.