Eating Better

Sandwiches are ubiquitous - they are often the go-to lunch option in the UK. We spoke to Eating Better alliance member Action on Salt and Sugar about their new sandwich report and how retailers need to prioritise health and sustainability in their lunch offerings.

Food plays a massive role in the state of our health, and Eating Better partner Plant-Based Health Professionals UK (PBHP) are showing how health professionals can lead in the transition to sustainable diets by committing to prioritise healthy, sustainable food. We spoke to PBHP about their work and why it is important for health professionals and the NHS to get on board.

‘Full of Beans’ campaign was run in partnership by the Glasgow Food Policy Partnership (GFPP) and Glasgow Community Food Network’s Food and Climate Action team in 2024. We spoke to GFPP about the process and impact of the campaign on Glasgow's bean journey.

Wen (Women’s Environmental Network) are a UK environmental charity working collaboratively to create a fairer, healthier and sustainable world for everyone, supporting women and communities to take climate action, amplify racialised and marginalised women’s voices, and advocate for change. In this blog, they reflect on 5 years of their flagship programme, Just FACT.

Shanaghan Hill is an 80-acre livestock farm in Katesbridge, nestled among the undulating hills and valleys of County Down. The farm's landscape is varied, ranging from high, hilly, stony ground at one end to the sandy soils along the banks of the River Bann, which flows through the property. Louise Skelly, with the help of her son-in-law Timothy and daughter Esther, leads efforts to make the farm more nature-friendly.

In recent decades soy has become the backbone of the industrial livestock industry, with 90% of imports going directly to animal feed. Around 75% come from just three countries: Brazil, United States and Argentina. Last year, Brazil’s antitrust regulator, CADE, decided to suspend the Amazon soy moratorium from 1st January 2026. Since then major Brazilian grain traders have quit the pact, originally made in 2006. This dismantles one of the nation’s most important private sector pacts credited with slowing deforestation of the tropical rainforest for soy plantations. More information about the moratorium can be found here.

In February, Eating Better and Sustain launched the first-ever JEDI Leadership Programme, funded by Farming the Future, to redefine justice centred leadership in the food and farming sector.

At Glanllyn Farm in Denbighshire, Sam Kenyon is proving that farming and nature can thrive together. By restoring soil health, managing flooding, and boosting biodiversity, she’s creating a resilient, nature-friendly farm - while keeping it financially sustainable.

We are thrilled to announce that our long-term collaborator, Food Sense Wales, has joined the Eating Better alliance. This partnership comes at an important time for food policy across the UK and just months before the upcoming Senedd elections

Nestled in the rolling hills of one of Scotland’s key farming counties, The Lint Mill is more than just a place for nature-friendly food production: it embodies its owners’ deep commitment to sustainable living in harmony with the planet.

On the edge of Exmoor, NFFN England steering group member Holly Purdey is guiding a National Trust farm through a nature-friendly transformation, striving to remain financially viable while managing the land for livestock and biodiversity.

Over 30 people from across the sustainable food and farming sector recently gathered in London for an honest conversation about what solidarity actually means in practice.

Kicking off 2026 at the Oxford Real Farming Conference is always a jump-start for the year ahead. Eating Better ran two sessions; a workshop exploring the actions we can take against industrial livestock production and a lively panel discussion on power in the food system and its relationship to dietary change.

The beginning of a new year is often the time when people are rethinking their household habits and choices. Whether it’s to be healthier, save money or make more sustainable choices, consumers need reliable and factual information about how they can make a positive impact within their communities and homes. With this in mind, we are delighted to welcome Possible to the Eating Better alliance.

For years now, we’ve had science and we’ve consistently been told to ‘eat for the planet.’ However despite good intentions, simply sharing information about the climate impacts of our food choices has struggled to shift behaviour. Behavioural scientist Dr Sophie Attwood (PhD, CPsych) writes about nudging sustainable meals.  

The Eating Better team has been in mainland Europe numerous times over the past few months. Read to hear what we've been up to and our takeaway messages.

We are delighted to announce that AFN Network+ (UKRI Agri-food for Net Zero Network+) is now a member of the Eating Better alliance. They are a long-term collaborator on our work programmes including Changing the Narrative and Nourishing Justice.

It’s no secret that here at Eating Better we’re bonkers about beans. The new Bean Facts report from alliance member The Food Foundation shows how people are still not eating enough beans despite the health, cost, and environmental benefits. We’re joining the call to ‘Bang in some beans’!

While campaigning against large pig and poultry units has focused largely on the negative impacts on waterways, such as the River Wye, the environmental, animal welfare and justice issues reach far beyond our waters.

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.

Introducing Culture Roots Collective - a new platform dedicated to amplifying the voices of Black and People of Colour (BPOC) communities across food, farming, health and environmental spaces.

There are so many young people in the UK who want to make a difference to food systems. Following our spotlight on organisations in the alliance working with and for young people, we spoke to some of the Food Foundations’ Youth Ambassadors about their motivation to better understand and change our current food environment.

International Youth Day takes place on 12th August every year. Following the events and campaigns this year, we’re spotlighting some of the organisations across the Eating Better alliance who are working with or for young people in the UK.

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.