In January's business newsletter we explore the benefits of sourcing local and seasonal ingredients for your business, the community and the planet, and invite you to our first Sustainable Food Business Alliance meeting.
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In December’s business newsletter we cover how to include more plant-based options in your menus, sharing advice from Kale Yeah! Kitchens and experiences from Cambridge University Catering Service, and introduce our new Business Award Scheme, supporting food businesses to grow while also helping the planet. Read it here.
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The new Local Plan is the most important document you've (probably) never heard of. It will affect how we live, work and play in Greater Cambridge over the next 20 years and beyond. Have your say on what you want the future of food and planning to look like here.
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Last month our Director Sam Dyer headed to the COP26 climate change summit with Executive Councillor for Open Spaces, Sustainable Food and Community Wellbeing Alex Collis to attend the launch of the Glasgow Declaration.
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Last month we held a joint public webinar with Cambridge Global Food Security exploring how we can all Eat for our Future, as part of the Cambridge Zero Climate Change Festival. The event was designed to give attendees the chance to ask our expert panel their questions on how to eat in a more climate-friendly way. Explore topics covered and access the full recording of the event.
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Yesterday it was revealed that the Government backed out of publishing their ‘nudge unit’ report highlighting the need for “effective diet-related policy ” which the report described as “fundamental to achieving Net Zero”. Our latest blog covers our response to this concerning news, ahead of COP26.
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Here at Cambridge Sustainable Food we believe that junk food advertising should be banned. We are pleased to see that local resident Lianna is taking this to task. There is a widow of opportunity to join her in calling for junk food advertising to be added to the contract review of the County Council Ethical Advertising contract. You can find out how to get involved by reading this blog. Thank you to Lianna for asking the questions and for writing our guest blog.
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Our September newsletter highlights the Glasgow Food and Climate Declaration and gives updates on our Grow A Row project and Summer Holiday lunch provision. There’s also still time to join the Climate Diet campaign by making a climate diet pledge.
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Last week Cambridge City Council added the city of Cambridge as a signatory to the Glasgow Food and Climate Declaration, committing to put food systems at the heart of our climate change response and calling for national action, joining subnational governments across the UK and beyond in tackling the climate emergency through food.
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August is a time of year where vegetable patches are full to the brim with a multitude of fruit and vegetables waiting to be harvested. In Cambridge many local growers have generously dedicated a row or two of these seasonal delights to be donations that will support the local Cambridge community, as part of our Grow a Row scheme.
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This month we celebrate Cambridge receiving a Sustainable Food Places Silver Award, a new emergency food report, a CSF MBE, and share the Good Food opportunities you can get involved in.
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Cambridge Sustainable Food Partnership is proud to announce that the city of Cambridge has received a Sustainable Food Places Silver Award, which recognises and celebrates the success of places taking a joined up, holistic approach to food and that are achieving significant positive change on a range of key food issues.
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Last week we published the new Covid-19 Emergency Food Response report showcasing the extraordinary amount of work carried out by Cambridge Food Poverty Alliance and communities across the city who made sure those in need were able to access food during the pandemic.
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Sam Dyer, CEO and Director of Cambridge Sustainable Food CIC, has received an MBE as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours list, recognising her outstanding achievements in tackling food inequality during the pandemic and her commitment to achieving food justice for all in Cambridge.
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Our May newsletter celebrates Cambridge’s newest Community Food Hub, exciting plans for building food resilience in the city, a new climate diet to reduce CO2 emissions in Cambridgeshire and local asparagus!
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We asked our friends at CoFarm Cambridge for some tips to help beginner gardeners. Luckily Pete, one of the two expert horticulturalists who lead the team of volunteers, was able to spare a little time on a busy Sunday morning at the Farm to help with our questions. Watch all the videos for yourself and learn all about beginner growing.
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Welcome to the second issue of our volunteer newsletter. Cambridge Sustainable Food and the Cambridge Food Poverty Alliance have been really busy over the last few months. We wanted to use this issue to document that work as well as thank all our food heroes who have made it all possible.
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Across Cambridge people are sowing seeds and planting veg as we welcome the start of the growing season. This April we explore some of the exciting projects happening in Cambridge and how you can get involved, alongside growing tips to help out beginner growers.
Cambridge Sustainable Food supports all the small food producers, processors and market traders in Cambridge who have worked tirelessly to continue to supply essential food during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are thrilled to see that from the 17th of March takeaway food stalls have been allowed to reopen and serve alongside essential food stalls, enabling Cambridge residents to support local food businesses at the heart of Cambridge. Check out this post to see who the traders currently at the market are.
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