Sustainable food citiesThe Sustainable Food City network is a movement of cities and places that are taking a joined up approach to their food culture and system. Food is at the heart of some of today’s most pressing social, economic and environmental challenges.
These range from obesity and diet-related ill-health to food poverty, food waste, climate change, biodiversity loss, declining prosperity and social dislocation. Food is at the heart of many of our problems - but it is also a vital part of the solution. By making healthy and sustainable food an essential feature of where we live, we can:
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What is sustainable food?There is no legal definition of sustainable food but, broadly speaking, it is food that takes into account environmental, health, social and economic issues. Sustain, the alliance for better food and farming, uses this definition:
Good food should be produced, processed, distributed and disposed of in ways that:
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The SFC approachThe Sustainable Food Cities approach is a tried and tested model for driving positive change which involves what it calls the 3 Ps:
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Picture credits, clockwise from top: Carrots by Alon; Brandywine tomatoes, by Susy Morris; Wells Farmers Market, by Susie Weldon