Eating Better

Eating Better’s newest member is Kids Kitchen, a social enterprise building health and community from running scratch cooking sessions, to help families with under 5s explore and enjoy sustainable eating.

The youth-led food campaigning charity, Bite Back has joined Eating Better. Founded by Jamie Oliver, the charity puts young people at the heart of changing our food systems.

How many people know that even if we ended fossil fuel use tomorrow, without making significant changes to our global food system, we would still be heading towards catastrophic levels of warming, far beyond 1.5 degrees?  

Plant-based cookery school, Made in Hackney has joined Eating Better, bringing a wealth of experience and expertise of community-led, scratch cooking, using local, seasonal and sustainable fruit and veg.

Eating Better was in Glasgow for the first week of COP26, taking part in the Recipes for Resilience series of events hosted by alliance member, Nourish Scotland.

‘Good stuff happens after a great meal’ is the motto of our newest member to the Eating Better alliance, eat:Festivals, a not-for-profit social enterprise, which operates predominantly in the South West of England.

The National Food Strategy outlines a comprehensive plan to get us all eating better over the next decade, from a salt and sugar tax on processed foods to better support for farmers to move to more sustainable models, and teaching school children about food and how to cook.

Eating Better is delighted to welcome The Wildlife Trusts as its newest supporter, bringing a new voice to our campaign and proving that eating “less and better” is good for nature and climate.

Eating Better Trustee Duncan Williamson and founder at Nourishing Food Systems looks at the connections between nutrition and nature for our mental wellbeing.

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.

School Food Matters is the newest member to Eating Better, bringing another major voice on school food advocacy to the alliance. The charity exists to teach children about food, where it comes from and how it’s grown and to improve children’s access to healthy, sustainable food.

The Good Food Institute Europe is a welcome addition to the Eating Better alliance at this critical juncture, bringing its interest in alternatives such as plant-based protein and cell based meat. 

We are working to explore a common set a common vision of 'better' meat and dairy and a set of measures that can be used with food businesses.

Vicki is Head of Sustainable Farming at Eating Better alliance organisation – Sustain.

Eating Better Alliance organisations welcome National Food Strategy report but caution against the potential of a dual tariff system.

The Humane League UK has joined over 60 organisations that make up the Eating Better Alliance. In this article Senior Campaigner – Cordelia Britton tells us more about the organisation and particularly their work on the Better Chicken Commitment which is central to the organisation’s corporate campaigns.

The Eating Better board are pleased to announce that Nick Dugdale has been appointed as a Trustee and Treasurer.

Eating Better calls for Government to deliver an ambitious cross-departmental food and farming strategy in response to call for evidence for first National Food Strategy in 75 years.

Whole Health Agriculture have joined over 60 organisations as part of the Eating Better alliance accelerating action for less and better meat and dairy.

Farm Wilder have joined over 60 organisations as part of the Eating Better alliance accelerating action for less and better meat and dairy.

A global initiative with the aim of reducing meat production by 50% by 2040 and a transition to ‘better’ meat and dairy as standard.

The Eating Better Alliance has welcomed today’s launch of a 6-month review which will lead to the publication of a new National Food Strategy.

The Landworkers’ Alliance join the movement for less and better meat and dairy.

Students join the call for less and better meat and dairy.