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📢🥗 SchoolFood4Change is a project funded by the EU and is part of a GreenDeal working group, together with #ClieNFarms. This project aims to make school meals enjoyable and healthy, both for our children and our planet. In line with the EU's Farm to Fork Strategy and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, this project develops innovative solutions and locally adapted good practices for schools, school caterers, responsible public authorities and policy makers.💡 🌍 👉 See more here 👉 https://buff.ly/4g5Zivo #SchoolFood4ChangeProject #GreenDeal #Farm2Fork #HealthyFood #SustainableFood @ https://buff.ly/3C5NTNP

Calling all local food partnerships: Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) is funding 6-8 partnerships over 3.5 years, focusing on the collective impact local groups can have on strengthening the food system. This grant aims to help communities in vulnerable areas access and prioritise fresh food first. They are seeking existing local food partnerships who are already delivering health, equity and sustainability outcomes in their communities. Learn more about the Local Food Partnerships grant: https://lnkd.in/dvNCegic

A wonderful practical resource for community food programs, emergency relief & social enterprises 👇🏻👌👍. Thousands of services provide access to free or subsidised food to Australians across the country every day. This guide helps maximise impact & quality of service. It centres the client’s food security and experiences. It draws from real world examples & evidence.

#WorldFoodDay is annually held on October 16 to commemorate the founding of the United Nations' (#UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (#FAO). The FAO aims to : ✅️ Raise levels of #nutrition across the #globe ✅️ Improve agricultural #productivity at all levels ✅️ Enhance the lives of #rural populations ✅️ Contribute to the #growth of the world #economy. FAO also provides assistance to countries changing their agricultural #policy to : ✅️ Aid regions out of #famine situations ✅️ Help implement appropriate #technology ✅️ Facilitate a neutral environment to discuss issues around #foodproduction. At the FAO 's 20th session in Rome, Italy, in November 1979 the #conference called for the observance of #WorldFoodDay on October 16, 1981, and on the same date each year. The United Nations General #Assembly ratified this decision on December 5, 1980, and urged #governments and international, national and local #organizations to contribute to observing #World #Food #Day. #WorldFoodDay has been held each year since 1981, to help raise people's awareness of problems in food #supply and #distribution. Many #events are organized on and around World Food Day. On and around October 16, a wide-ranging program is organized at the FAO's headquarters in Rome, Italy. The #program is aimed at leaders of political and non-political organizations at all levels and at increasing #press attention on topical #issues around food supply. Other United Nations organizations and universities around the #world organize #symposia, #conferences, #workshops and #presentations of particular issues around food production, distribution and security. In addition, special initiatives, such as the “International Year of Rice” in 2004 and the “International Year of the Potato” in 2008 were launched. Across the #globe, many different events are organized to raise #awareness of problems in food supply and distribution and to raise money to support #projects to aid in the cultivation of food plants and the distribution of food. Such #projects aim to help #farmers be more productive and improve both local communities' access to #food and farmers' cash income. Fundraising #events include sponsored sports events, charity auctions, concerts and marches. HAPPY #WORLDFOODDAY !

It’s election day! And Food Justice Fortnight. Two weeks of raising awareness of food-related issues, as well as highlighting the amazing work going on to champion Food Justice in Bristol. Hosted by Feeding Bristol and partners. We joined a session on Monday Burges Salmon LLP to learn how the Bristol City Office (Bristol One City) plugs into the principles set-out in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. For food justice, this is primarily SDG 2: to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. Although it was noted there’s intersectionality across many of the other goals. In Bristol, nearly 16,200 people are estimated to experience moderate to severe food insecurity. A selection of grassroots organisations shared the work they’re leading in communities to address this. These insights informed workshop discussions on what more can be done at a regional and local levels to reduce food insecurity and drive food equality. Our vision at Not Impossible is for young people to gain access to work experience within the vibrant economy, society and environment in the South-West. This includes the cross-sector opportunities here, including the food industry. Our microplacement opportunities can be selected by sector and by SDG, so young people can find work that matters to them. We’re excited to have brilliant local food partners in our host community including LettUs Grow, Bristol Food Network CIC, When in Rome | B Corp™ , Invivo Healthcare, Stroud Brewery - a certified B Corporation, with more on the horizon! We look forward to contributing to this city-wide collaboration by enabling more young people to find opportunities in the local food economy and join the food justice conversation through our microplacements. It’s Not Impossible. #notimpossible #socialmobility #foodjustice #microplacements #loweringthebarrier SDG Alliance Bristol Voscur Bristol Local Food Fund Tiffins of Bristol The MAZI Project @Heart of BS13 Osborne Clarke @Ashley Community & Housing Ltd

A new resource for food relief providers, community organisatons, and funding bodies, is now available to support evidence-informed practice, evolved service models, and collective impact across the sector 🤝 Developed by CSI Flinders University researchers in collaboration with project partners, The Food Relief Good Practice Guide is a practical tool for: ➡️ Planning and designing new services ➡️ Enhancing existing services ➡️ Guiding quality improvements that align with the values of choice, dignity, and community integration 🔗 Access it here >> https://lnkd.in/gkS7Cm4K Each recommendation is backed by research and sector insights gathered through the #TowardsZeroHunger project (https://lnkd.in/gXuen7bh), funded by the Australian Research Council Linkage program: Tahna Pettman Professor Svetlana Bogomolova Claire Hutchinson Foodbank SA & NT AnglicareSA The Food Centre Department of Human Services SA Preventive Health SA University of South Australia Centre for Health in All Policies Research Translation

📢 Check out our new resource, developed by Centre for Social Impact Flinders (College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University) with our ARC Linkage project partners. Food Relief Good Practice Guide:  https://lnkd.in/d6gA9WWv More info: https://lnkd.in/dhFSTmyG   In brief: This new resource provides actionable recommendations to enhance food relief service delivery and advance community impact. Aligned with the South Australian Food Relief Charter and co-created with the sector, the guide offers practical tools for fostering choice, dignity, and community connection in food relief efforts.   Food relief alone cannot address the root causes of food insecurity. This guide equips service providers, funders, and policymakers with strategies to ‘go beyond food’, evolving service models to include social connections and practices that empower individuals and enhance social inclusion.   The guide is structured around nine flexible service elements with illustrative examples which can be used for planning new services, improving existing ones, and ensuring alignment with key values – such as choice, dignity and community integration. Please reach out to us with any questions or feedback on the Food Relief Good Practice Guide!

🥗💻 How to consume and produce food with an optimal outcome for human health, social justice, economic endeavour, and the preservation of planetary resources? Learn more about the food systems approach! 💡 Do you want to get a head start in addressing some of the world’s most urgent #food systems challenges? If so, sign up before 7 February for our food systems e-course, which we're facilitating in partnership with Netherlands Food Partnership and the support of Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs). 🌍 The e-course provides a unique opportunity to engage with and discuss key topics with more than 500 agrifood professionals from across the world, including national government policymakers, NGO professionals, as well as representatives from the private sector and knowledge institutes. This year some new features were added to guide collective learning for teams and organisations: 1️⃣ Multiple learning routes for learners interested in different themes. 2️⃣ The option for organisations to join the e-course and learn as a team. For more information and to register: https://lnkd.in/dM8xaDn2 #SDGs #foodsystems #nutrition

This is a great project which has long lasting impacts for the communities Dean is serving. Food security, jobs, localized agriculture, awesome job to everyone involved and New Relationship Trust for supporting this work. #foodsecurity #entrepreneurship #localeconomy #communities

Last week, we were invited to #Prague to share our experience of delivering a whole school approach to food in the UK at the #SchoolFood4Change annual general assembly. It was excellent to hear more about school food in Europe – what’s going well, the challenges and how we can work together. Here are our key takeaways: 💡 Food for Life’s pioneering approach to school food is inspiring work across Europe, with many countries looking to us for inspiration 🏞️ The landscape today is more challenging than when Food for Life launched in 2007. We can learn a lot from other countries’ approaches to challenges like climate change and lack of funding. 🤝 We are not alone. Lots of countries want the same as we do – healthy and sustainable school food – and we’re much stronger working together. 📈 We've come a long way in the UK already. It’s easy to be pessimistic and think about all the progress that still needs to be made, but it’s important to reflect on our successes so far. ICLEI Europe #SchoolFood #SchoolDinners #FoodForLife