Food for Life stands for changing food for good. Alongside the work we do with the people and communities we support, we work with our colleagues across the Soil Association on multiple campaigns advocating for system-wide change and raising awareness for the causes we care about.
With Ultra-Processed Foods creeping into our daily lives now more than ever, at the Soil Association we are putting a spotlight on what Ultra Processed Food really means. The dangers they pose, and how can we reclaim whole foods and cooking from scratch to become the norm, when lack of time and the cost of living makes eating fresh food feel like a luxury.
Our Soil Association horticulture colleagues Home grown report in to the low levels of UK grown fruit and veg. This report focused on the urgent need for policy shifts across the food and farming spectrum to support our UK growers. This includes investment for public sector procurement to help shorten supply chains, support local growers and support the school fruit and veg scheme.
Whilst the work continues for every child to have a healthy and sustainable meal every day, there are approximately 900,000 children in England who live in poverty yet don’t qualify for Free School Meals. This is unacceptable. We want to see the government provide healthy and high-quality school meals for all school children in the UK.
Celebrate and Share is our annual campaign to celebrate the good food wins that have happened over the last academic year, big or small. We love hearing about Food for Life schools who have started growing clubs or reduced food waste in the lunch hall and we share the wins of caterers too, like how many Food for Life Served Here certified meals have been served. We also share a free toolkit for schools to use which help them to shout about their achievements.
