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Sustain http://www.sustainweb.org/ Food Safety from 'Farm to Fork' European Union information page http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/food/index_en.html 'Food Navigator' Breaking News of Food & Beverage Development http://www.foodnavigator.com/ Food Climate Research Network http://www.fcrn.org.uk Towards Tomorrow's Countryside http://www.towardstomorrowscountryside.com/ Friends of the Earth 'Real Food' Campaign http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/real_food/ Food Aware http://www.foodaware.org.uk/ EU Food Law: All the food changes going through EU http://www.fst.rdg.ac.uk/foodlaw/eu/news.htm Worldwide Food Safety: Keep up to date with http://safefood.wsu.edu/wsuindexcopynews.html ENTRI Has environmental treaties/conventions your government has signed up to: Food Navigator - Latest on Sustainable agriculture http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/news.asp?id=7943 Children's Food Bill Support http://www.sustainweb.org/childrensfoodbill/info.asp UK's Gateway for High Quality Internet Resources in Farming, Food & Forestry http://agrifor.ac.uk/index.html ADDITIVES Food additives What they are used for http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/002435.htm Guide to food additives - Check out the E numbers: what they are and what they do and any known affects. CODEX Alimentarius International Food Standards Agency http://www.codexalimentarius.net/web/index_en.jsp Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (Canada)topics & tips aimed at school cafeteria but relevant to other establishments.) http://www.foodallergy.org/index.html CPSI's Guide to Additives http://www.cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisine.htm ANIMAL WELFARE Farm Animal Welfare Council National Animal Interest Alliance (USA) http://www.naiaonline.org/body/articles/archives/welfareresolution.htm Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UK) http://www.ufaw.org.uk/ Humane Slaughter Association (UK) http://www.hsa.org.uk/ British Poultry Council http://www.poultry.uk.com/farming/intro.htm Meat and Lifestock Commission (UK) http://www.mlc.org.uk/ Compassion in World Farming http://www.ciwf.org.uk/ ANIMAL TRANSPORT International Air Transport Association IATA Animal Standards http://www.iata.org/ps/publications/9105.htm People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) http://www.peta.org/ Compassion in World Farming http://www.ciwf.org.uk/ - against long distance transport. http://www.ciwf.org.uk/campaigns/primary_campaigns/long_distance.html ANTIBIOTICS Environment Media Services Antibiotics http://www.ems.org/antibiotics/sub2_antibiotics.html Soil Association The Use and Misuse of Antibiotics in UK Agriculture Sierra Club Antibiotic Reports http://www.sierraclub.org/factoryfarms/factsheets/antibiotics.asp Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/ From Medicine Makers Animal Health Institute National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) http://www.noah.co.uk/ BSE FREE UK Government and BSE http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/bse/index.html Organic Consumers and BSE http://www.organicconsumers.org/madcow.htm Latest on BSE in EU http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/fs/bse/index_en.html GM FREE A Genetic Modified News: what is going on in the UK and worldwidehttp://www.wnscience.com/s/gmfood/ Cartegena Protocol http://www.biodiv.org/biosafety/
Genewatch http://www.genewatch.org Monsanto: what the GM corporations say http://www.monsanto.co.uk/ Food & Drink Federation http://www.foodfuture.org.uk/ Soil Association http://www.soilassociation.org.uk/ HORMONES EU and Hormones in meat http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/fs/him/him_index_en.html Meat News http://www.meatnews.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&artNum=1248 World Trade Organisation http://www.wto.org WTO & the Environment http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/envir_e/envir_e.htm WTO Disputes http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_subjects_index_e.htm#bkmk63 Consumers International ORGANIC Soil Association UK organisation for organic farming http://www.soilassociation.org/web/sa/saweb.nsf?Open The Organic Standard - keep up to date with international developments http://www.organicstandard.com/index.htm Food & Drink Federation: Portal to UK organic sources http://www.fdf.org.uk/home.aspx?notfound=/fdfactivities/organic_about.html Organicfood UK food/lifestyle magazine http://www.organicfood.co.uk/index.html Foodfirst Directory where to bulk buy organic food & drink - quantities for wholesalers and retailers http://www.foodfirst.co.uk/organics.htm The Great British Kitchen http://www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/mainmenu.htm Organic Business http://www.organicts.com/ Henry Doubleday Reseach Association for smaller farms and gardens http://www.hdra.org.uk/guidelines/index.htm Organic Farmers and Growers The practical organisation for organic certification http://www.organicfarmers.uk.com/index.html Organic Europe http://www.organic-europe.net/default.asp UK Organic Research http://www.organic-research.com/ NUTRITION Health Development Agency http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/ Search for "nutrition" British Nutrition Foundation http://www.nutrition.org.uk/home.asp?siteId=43§ionId=s PESTICIDES FOE Guide to Supermarket Policies related with pesticides Worldwide Pesticide News http://www.pesticide.net/ United Nations CODEX information http://www.fao.org/docrep/w9114e/W9114e06.htm#TopOfPage PAN Database http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Index.html SALMONELLA Veterinary Laboratories Agency http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/vla/science/science-foodsafe-epidem.htm Society of Food Hygiene Technology http://www.sofht.co.uk Pig Health http://www.pighealth.com/INDEX.HTM FISH - SEA FOOD
Pisces http://www.pisces.demon.co.uk/factshe6.html BBC Salmon Site http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1393621.stm LOCAL SOURCING Big Barn - local producers by post code http://www.bigbarn.co.uk Capel-le-Ferne Farmers Market (Kent, every Tuesday) Sustain Food Miles Campaign http://www.sustainweb.org/chain_fm_index.asp Local Food Works gateway to local food networks http://www.localfoodworks.org/ Foundation for Local Food Initiatives http://www.localfood.org.uk/ Eat the View Where to buy local produce http://www.countryside.gov.uk/LAR/Landscape/ETV/index.asp Organic Box Schemes FAIR TRADE Fairtrade Foundation awards a consumer label, the FAIRTRADE Mark, to products which meet internationally recognised standards of fair trade http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/ Fair Trade Federation http://www.fairtradefederation.com/ Ethical Trading Initiative (EYI) is an alliance working together to identify and promote ethical trade http://www.ethicaltrade.org/ Oxfam's Student Guide http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/fairtrade_old/uniguide/contents.htm SOCIAL AUDIT International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers Associations (IUF) http://www.iuf.org/en/ International Confederation of Free Trade Unions http://www.icftu.org/focus.asp?Issue=ohse&Language=EN UK Trade Union Sustainable Development Advisory Committee http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/tusdac/ Farmers Link http://www.farmerslink.org.uk/sff.htm SUSTAINABILITY CIESIN Sustainability Indicator http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/indicators/ESI/index.html UK Sustainable Development Commission http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/ Links to 'related' foods European Network for Sustainable Food System Network is a network of European organisations committed to developing practical and co-operative actions leading to the creation of a truly sustainable european food system. http://www.alimenterra.org/ SLOW food promotes food and wine culture and defends food and agricultural biodiversity worldwide. http://www.slowfood.com/ PROPER food. Jamie Oliver in his school meals campaign talked of "Proper" food, meaning you could recognise the various parts - vegetables, fish or meat, and that they added up to a healthy meal. He said: "if you are going to start cooking proper food from scratch, you really have to take a long hard look at staff training, conditions and rates of pay." http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/J/jamies_school_dinners/ ETHICALly - based food according to the UN FAO must incorporate concern for three widely accepted global goals: improved well-being, protection of the environment and improved public health. REAL Food http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/real_food/links.html
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