SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION

The Future Generations Commissioner for Wales Derek Walker is calling on Welsh Government to support a new generation of local sustainable and healthy food production.

Future Gen Cymru #foodproduction #sustainablefood

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Climate change costing Welsh farmers 'tens of millions' - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Food that is good for our health and the planet (including sustainable, organic fruit & veg) often comes at a higher price than less healthy options.

Food Cardiff & Cardiff Farmers Markets are working on bridging that gap with 'The Planet Card'.

Find out more:
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Future Generations Commissioner for Wales’ Derek Walker (he/him) statement on the Sustainable Farming Scheme -
Improving our nation’s health and acting on the climate and nature emergencies cannot wait

Link to the full statement: futuregenerations.wales/news/headline-…

📻Listen to Katie Palmer Food Sense Wales / Synnwyr Bwyd Cymru and eco-chef teresa.corcao from Instituto Maniva discussing Brazil’s National School Feeding Programme as well as the #Leekit , a pilot project helping children to connect with their food heritage & culture

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Ahead of #StDavidsDay Food Sense Wales / Synnwyr Bwyd Cymru has been delivering a new & inspiring food initiative called #Leekit at Pentrebane Primary with Cardiff and Vale Nutrition and Dietetics as part of a pilot project that’s been co-produced with the Instituto Maniva in Brazil. Learn more here ⬇️🎥

Protests are erupting across Europe as farmers feel the squeeze of policies that on the one hand demand that they farm more sustainably and on the other sell produce at prices that don't meet the cost of production ✍️Simon Wright and Carwyn Graves
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📣We’re very excited to be working with food systems leaders in Brazil to develop a new pilot called #LeekKit

The project’s been inspired by the Tapiokit, an education workshop developed by the Maniva Institute. Read more ⬇️

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Katie Palmer Conscious Food Systems Alliance

If you have views to share on Welsh Governments approach to food policy and #foodsecurity it's worth giving 10min to this survey Food Sense Wales / Synnwyr Bwyd Cymru Nutrition Skills for Life/ Sgiliau Maeth am Oes Food Cardiff | Bwyd Caerdydd Professor Tim Lang Duncan Fisher Jonathan Tench @wrffc23 Shea Buckland-Jones Rhys Evans

Rishi Sunak, 'Our plan is working'

Sir Michael Marmot, 'We're starting to suffer Victorian diseases.. Universal Credit pays 70% of the cost of essentials.. If you're on Universal Credit we guarantee you will get sick because we don't give you enough money to eat healthily, to

Fantastic news - thank you to everyone campaigning on this.

📻 Great to hear Alex Cook and Cllr Ann Davies from Bwyd Sir Gâr Food, #Carmarthenshire 's local food partnership, on this week's #countryfocus BBC Radio Wales discussing growing fruit and veg at Bremenda Isaf Farm Cyngor Sir Gâr ⬇️

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Sustainable Food Places

That’s two in two days as Kindle in Cardiff announce their closure, day after The Conway in Pontcanna. This is just the start. Time for Welsh Government to review their decision not to implement the business rates relief for hospitality before it’s too late WIRC

Following a recent post about #FoodBank stats in #Wales by Will Hayward, we thought it would be useful to highlight some additional statistics and reports that give some wider context in the following thread 🧵

Thanks to Big Issue for the chance to write this piece looking at how the King’s #CoronationFoodProject , much needed in the here and now, looks set to entrench food banks rather than solve the underlying poverty driving #foodinsecurity #CashFirst IFAN

So exciting to see this!

Thank you authors for keeping the volume up #cashfirst 'How much time, effort and fuel could be saved if people had enough money to go to a shop and buy food for themselves? How much stress, shame and poor health could be prevented?' ⁦eryl powell theguardian.com/society/2023/n…