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Links to local food initiatives in the UK

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UK local food initiatives

Organisations & programs

Allotments regeneration initiative
http://www.farmgarden.org.uk/ari/

Campaign to protect rural England
http://www.cpre.org.uk/home

DEFRA Public sector food procurement initiative
http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/policy/sustain/procurement/

DEFRA Sustainable farming and food strategy
http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/policy/sustain/index.htm

Eat the view (2000-2006 archive)
http://www.countryside.gov.uk/LAR/archive/ETV/index.asp

Farmers Weekly food miles
http://www.fwi.co.uk/gr/foodmiles/index.html

Federation of city farms and community gardens
http://www.farmgarden.org.uk/

Food deserts
http://www.fooddeserts.org/

Food vision
http://www.foodvision.gov.uk/

Local food.org
http://www.localfood.org.uk/

Local food works
http://www.soilassociation.org/web/sa/saweb.nsf/localfoodworks_index.htm

Making local food work
http://www.makinglocalfoodwork.co.uk/

National farmers retail and markets association
http://www.farma.org.uk/

National society of allotments
http://www.nsalg.org.uk/#

Policy Commission on the future of farming and food
http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/policy/sustain/policycom.htm

School food matters
http://www.schoolfoodmatters.co.uk/

Soil Association
http://www.soilassociation.org/

Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming
http://www.sustainweb.org/

Year of food and farming.
http://www.yearoffoodandfarming.org.uk/

Publications

Action for market towns 2005. Market towns local foodcheck handbook
http://www.countryside.gov.uk/Images/Foodcheck%20Handbook_tcm2-27738.pdf

Allotments and biodiversity: Gardening in harmony with nature. 2005
http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8EB1E19B-2314-476B-82AF-9CA0F96038F7/0/BiodiversityBookwithcover1b.pdf

Allotments: A plotholder’s guide 2007
http://www.farmgarden.org.uk/ari/documents/plotholdersguide.pdf

DEFRA 2002. The strategy for sustainable farming and food
http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/policy/sustain/strategy.htm

DEFRA 2003. Local food – a snapshot of the sector: Report of the working group on local food
http://www.defra.gov.uk/foodrin/foodname/lfood/pdf/local-foods-report.pdf

DEFRA 2006. How to increase opportunities for small and local producers when aggregating food procurement.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/policy/sustain/procurement/pdf/aggregation-guidance.pdf

DEFRA 2006: Sustainable Farming and Food Strategy: Forward Look.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/policy/sustain/pdf/sffs-fwd-060718.pdf

DEFRA 2007. Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative (PSFPI) frequently asked questions
http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/policy/sustain/procurement/pdf/psfpi-faqs.pdf

DEFRA 2008. Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative (PSFPI): Putting it into practice
http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/policy/sustain/procurement/pdf/psfpi-putting-into-practice.pdf

FARMA 2006. Farmers markets in the UK: nine years and counting
http://www.farma.org.uk/Docs/1%20Sector%20briefing%20on%20farmers'%20markets%20-%20June%2006.pdf

FARMA 2008. 21 Reasons to support local foods
http://www.farma.org.uk/21reasons.htm

Food Vision 2008. Growing food.
http://www.foodvision.gov.uk/pages/growing-food

Food Vision 2008. Toolkits
http://www.foodvision.gov.uk/pages/toolkits

Scottish Agricultural College 2007. Local food marketing guide
http://www.sac.ac.uk/mainrep/pdfs/localfoodguide.pdf

Local Government Association 2005. Farming and food: A shared agenda
http://www.lga.gov.uk/lga/aio/22351

Lang T, Rayner G 2002. Why health is the key to the future of food and farming http://www.agobservatory.org/library.cfm?refID=30300

Lang T 2006. The challenge of food culture: healing the madness
http://www.schumacher.org.uk/transcrips/schumlec96_Bri_TheChallengeOfFoodCulture_TimLang.pdf

Michaels S 2006. Parish food plans: Lessons learnt
http://www.localfood.org.uk/library/PFP-Lessons-Learnt.pdf

Rose C 2007. Food and values: A recipe to save British farming. Soil Association
http://www.soilassociation.org/web/sa/saweb.nsf/94b4d558e66793c680256fa800349138/a47be15791135f578025728b0035db11!OpenDocument

Sustain 2002: Local food; benefits, obstacles and opportunities
http://sustainweb.org/pdf/briefing1.pdf

Sustain 2008. Ethical hijack
http://sustainweb.org/pdf/Ethical_Hijack.pdf

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