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Our November in events: UPFs, changing policy, and a night in the Wild West! 

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November brought a mix of policy discussions, sector events and chances to connect with partners across early years and school food. We also kept up our Bring and Share lunches alongside a busy run of webinars, conferences and launches. From new evidence on ultra processed foods to developments in childcare, inspection, auto enrolment and school […]

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Our October in events: women’s resilience, food system transformation, and team reflection

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October’s events offered a mix of big picture thinking and focused discussion on specific food system challenges, tools and opportunities. The team spent time with leaders debating what real transformation in the food system looks like, discussed the interconnectedness of women’s poverty and children’s poverty, and took time to reflect as a team on where

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New podcast: Just the Start: Nutrition in Early Years Settings 

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In the first episode of a series on the early years from The Food Foundation Podcast, hosted by Hannah Brinsden, our Partner at Bremner & Co Dayna Brackley joins an expert panel including Neil Leitch from the Early Years Alliance, Sarah Ambrose, Area Manager and Curriculum Lead at Safari Child Care, and Charlotte Stirling-Reed, registered

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Eating Better: policy and advocacy gap analysis 

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Eating Better are an alliance of over 70+ civil society organisations drawn from across the food system, united by their mission to create a fairer and more sustainable food system. Collectively, their work is guided by their ‘Better By Half’ roadmap, which outlines 25 actions across 5 key sectors.  Following the launch of their project,

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Our September in events: joy, beans, and bold ideas 

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From Guernsey to Westminster, September brought fresh energy and grounded collaboration for the Bremner & Co team. This month spanned joyful conversations about childhood, the growing potential of beans, and bold ideas to transform food in the early years. Across conferences, summits, and workshops, we shared learning, built new connections, and helped shape the next

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Follow the Carrot on The Food Foundation’s ‘Pod Bites’

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Click on the link below to tune in to the latest podcast episode of The Food Foundation’s ‘Pod Bites’ featuring Sustain’s Barbara Crowther, Children’s Food Campaign Manager. In the episode, Barbara discusses new evidence from our ‘Follow the Carrot’ report, showing that expanding free school meals could generate a £600 million boost for British farmers.

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Follow the Carrot: can free school meal expansion boost the UK food and farming economy? 

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Today we’re publishing Follow the Carrot, the final report for our research that asked a simple question: could expanding free school meals also strengthen the UK food and farming economy?  Our analysis suggests the answer is yes, if expansion is matched with the right conditions for success.  Commissioned by Sustain and with support from the

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Our July in events: nutrition, equity, and local food systems

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From farmer’s fields to Westminster corridors, July’s events gave us space to connect, share ideas, and push forward conversations on food, education, and early years. We’ve gathered the highlights from a month that showed, once again, how change is built in meetings, in kitchens, in fields, and in communities.  Groundswell  2 July Lannock Farm, Hertfordshire 

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Listen to Dayna return to The Dietician Café podcast

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Click on the link below to tune in to the latest podcast episode of The Dietitian Cafe featuring our partner, Dayna Brackley. The conversation, hosted by Corrine Toyn, peels back the lid on the commercial baby food industry. Alongside Dr. Diane Threapleton, Dayna discussed the sector that’s been thrust into the spotlight after recent media

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