October has certainly been a full and varied month! Through workshops, conferences and events, we’ve been imagining a better future for school food, exploring racial equity in children’s food policy and listening to the everyday challenges of feeding young children from parents and practitioners. Along the way, we’ve shared ideas, heard fresh perspectives and made
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This Sugar Awareness Week, Rosie has co-written a blog with Carole Coulon (Impact on Urban Health) on behalf of the Commercial Baby Food Review. They address a simple question: why can’t parents trust what they’re being told about sugar in baby and toddler foods? The blog draws on the latest evidence on industry’s response to
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During the initial phase of the Follow the Carrot project, Sustain commissioned Bremner & Co to produce a report that demonstrated the economic benefit that increased school meal expansion could bring to the UK food and farming sector, filling a research gap and extending the school food conversation beyond hunger and health to agriculture and
Through the Children’s Food Campaign, Sustain aims to ensure that every child grows up with access to healthy and nutritious food. With children spending around 190 days a year in school, the central importance of school meals for children’s access to food, as well as their numerous health and social benefits, is well established.
September has had a definite back-to-school feel at Bremner & Co, with plenty of workshops, webinars and catching up with colleagues and partners across the food policy world. Here’s a snapshot of what we’ve been up to. Rosie co-authors new blog on Commercial baby food guidelines: Is the voluntary approach working? 4th September Rosie co-authored
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Together with Carole Coulon, of Impact on Urban Health, Rosie from the Bremner & Co team has co-authored a blog on behalf of the CBFR, reflecting on progress one year after the Government introduced voluntary industry guidelines for commercial baby food. The Commercial Baby Food Review (CBFR) is a cross-sector initiative working to improve
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The Early Years Food Coalition is pleased to introduce its new Practitioner Advisory Group, coordinated by Bremner & Co as Coalition secretariat, facilitated in partnership with the London Early Years Foundation. The group brings together early years professionals from across Greater London, representing a diverse range of settings and food provision models. This includes childminders providing personalised home-based care alongside managers of larger private, voluntary, and
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The Bremner & Co team didn’t let the heat stop us getting out and about at lots of brilliant events in June and July. These took us to allotments, conference halls and Parliament, bringing conversations on getting British-grown produce onto school plates, making childcare support easier for families, and helping convenience stores do more to
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April and May bought a heady mix of opportunities to connect, collaborate and be inspired by those shaping the future of food policy. Through webinars, launches, awards ceremonies and conferences, we explored topics ranging from school food education and Healthy Start to childminding and early years nutrition. Here’s a snapshot of what we’ve been up to across those two months. A new recipe for
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Over February and March, the team travelled everywhere from Blackpool to Birmingham, City Hall to Oxford, joining conversations with researchers, practitioners, policymakers and local authorities working to improve food systems across the UK. Discussions centred on how policy can help create healthier and more equitable food environments, from auto-enrolment and commercial baby food reform to strengthening support for early years
