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Earth Day: protecting the planet, nature and our own health with better food systems
22 April 2022
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?
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Table talk: Eating Better reflects on food matters at COP26 and beyond
17 November 2021
Eating Better went to Glasgow, primarily, to support our alliance member, Nourish Scotland’s Recipes for Resilience programme.
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The Glasgow Food and Climate Declaration presented at COP26
11 November 2021
Eating Better is a supporter of the Glasgow Food and Climate Declaration and attended the official presentation at Glasgow City Chambers on COP26 Nature Day.
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Eating Better at COP26 Glasgow
8 November 2021
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.
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Eating Better alliance welcomes landmark new report
15 July 2021
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.
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Red wall voters want the government to do more to help British farmers produce better
19 April 2021
Last year Unchecked UK carried out a series of teleforums with swing voters in five “Red Wall’ constituencies that changed hands from Labour to Conservative in the December 2019 election. They explored how the constituents felt about regulation and standards in general, and specifically in relation to both food and climate change.
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COP26 must put food systems on the agenda say NGOs, industry bodies and local councils
12 March 2021
The UN COP26 climate talks held in the city later this year ‘must tackle food systems’ to get the world eating better and on track for net-zero.
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Food systems impact on biodiversity loss report by Chatham House UNEP and CIWF
15 February 2021
Agriculture is the main threat to 86% of the 28,000 species known to be at risk of extinction, according to the new report from Chatham House, supported by UNEP and Compassion in World Farming.
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Eating Better Alliance responds to first National Food Strategy report
30 July 2020
Eating Better Alliance organisations welcome National Food Strategy report but caution against the potential of a dual tariff system.
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New research:The healthiness and sustainability of national and global food based dietary guidelines
16 July 2020
The analysis suggests that national guidelines could be both healthier and more sustainable.
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Eating Better welcomes ‘Land use: Policies for a Net Zero UK’
23 January 2020
Latest report by the Committee on Climate Change provides in-depth advice to Government on UK agricultural and land use policies.
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Caroline Lucas MP calls for Parliament catering to action Better by half: roadmap
8 January 2020
The roadmap sets out steps to cut meat and dairy consumption by half in the UK by 2030, with a focus on less and better animal products.
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2020 – a time for the UK to show leadership
19 December 2019
We may remember 2019 as a year in which conversations about the environment, climate change change and meat became mainstream. But Brexit dominated our political dialogue. 2020 is a time for the UK to show leadership.
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A sustainable food strategy: creating an enabling food environment
17 December 2019
The European Commission has committed to launch the 'Farm to Fork' strategy for sustainable food. We share some of our insight from the National Food Strategy in the UK.
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Eating Better response to call for evidence for National Food Strategy
16 October 2019
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.
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Diversification of diets key to reducing risks from climate change say IPCC
8 August 2019
Solutions are available and diversification of food is a big one.
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Talk turns to action – ‘Our Future in the Land’
23 July 2019
The Food Farming & Countryside Commission’s report – ‘Our Future in the Land’ should be on the top of ours and our new DEFRA Secretary’s summer reading lists.
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Eating Better welcomes National Food Strategy
27 June 2019
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.
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Planet-friendly diets: Time to embrace the nanny state?
24 April 2019
Why the government should encourage people to eat low-meat, planet-friendly diets if it is serious about cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
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Towards a common food policy in the EU and the UK
3 March 2019
A blueprint for agriculture, food, environment and health policy for the EU and UK.
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Processed and red meat: the link to cancer
19 February 2019
World Cancer Research Fund explain the link between red and processed meat and cancer.
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Eating Better welcomes the EAT-Lancet report on food planet and health
17 January 2019
EAT-Lancet report on food, planet and health out today perfectly aligns with Eating Better’s call for the need to reduce consumption of meat in countries like the UK by 50%.
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Better food and farming integral to climate goals
11 December 2018
Eating Better and Sustain joint response to Committee on Climate Change.
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Time for bold policies to reduce meat and dairy consumption
27 November 2018
Changing Markets set out the case for Governments to include emissions from agriculture in their climate targets.
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