This Sustainable Food Guide is for people interested in changing how organisations purchase, produce and provide food. We want to both eat better and treat our environment better.

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The Guide

• Summarises the main issues and spells out the relevant laws, codes or standards, and points to many other sources to help plan what to do.
• Uses a simple management system, as used to improve quality or the environment, to take steps to promote sustainable food.
• Helps promote sustainable food and thus support the UK Policy on Sustainable Farming and Food.

The UK government

• Wants "millions of daily meals more sustainable" encouraging public bodies, such as NHS and Local Authorities to use their powers.
• Launched Sustainable Food Procurement Initiative in August 2003 "to promote public procurement of food that supports delivery of the Government's Sustainable Farming and Food Strategy for Eng land". For latest news
• Brings together Local Authorities and the Food Standards Agency to promote projects that "promote the the production of and access to, safe, sustainable and nutritious food" - see Food Vision

This Guide will helps you take the first steps in towards sustainable food....

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