Each year the government spends more than £2 billion on food served in the public sector - schools, hospitals, care homes and the armed forces - which is not required to meet any standards. As a result, the food served is often bad for our health, bad for the environment and bad for the local economy.
Sustain is leading The Good Food for Our Money campaign calling on government to introduce mandatory health, animal welfare, ethical and environmental standards for public sector food.
Trevor Payne, Director of Estates and Facilities at UCLH ran an extremely successful challenge to encourage his catering suppliers to offer a low carbon dish for two weeks in July to coincide with 10:10 Eating month. The response from the suppliers was quite amazing - read more and watch the video here
