Introducing the Sustainable Food Cities Network - by Clare Devereux, Food Matters

44 members of the SFC network Bath & NE Somerset, Belfast,

Birmingham, Bournemouth & Poole, Bradford, Brighton & Hove, Bridport, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Carlisle,

Co Durham, Cork, Croydon, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Greater Manchester, Greenwich, Hackney, Herefordshire,

Hull, Islington, Kirklees, Lambeth, Lancashire, Lancaster, Leeds, Leicester,

Liverpool, London, Manchester, Merton, Middlesbrough, Newcastle,

Oxford, Peterborough, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Sandwell, Sheffield,

Stockport, Sutton, West Sussex

•Bring together a city-wide cross-sector partnership of public agencies (health, environment, economy), businesses, NGOs, voluntary & community organisations & academic bodies.•Develop an action plan based on a joint vision and common goals on how to make healthy and sustainable food a defining characteristic of their city

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To become a member of The Sustainable Food Cities network:

Sustainable Food Cities Award

•Promoting healthy & sustainable food •Building community food knowledge, skills & resources •Tackling food poverty, diet related disease & access to affordable healthy food•Supporting a thriving & diverse sustainable food economy•Transforming catering and food procurement•Reducing waste & the ecological footprint of food

Six key issue areas

•Sustainable Fish Cities•Beyond the Food Bank

SFC National Campaigns

www.sustainablefoodcities.org