Food Newcastle is a dynamic partnership dedicated to fostering a more equitable, sustainable, and delicious city.
As part of the Sustainable Food Places network and hosted by Newcastle Foodbank, we collaborate with local organisations to tackle food poverty, enhance food access, and promote healthy eating habits.
Our partners’ initiatives include educating residents about nutritious food choices, providing cooking skills training, supporting community allotments, diverting food excess and reducing food waste, as well as encouraging sustainable procurement by the city council, the NHS, and other city institutions
By reconnecting people with sustainable food and advocating for a resilient system, Food Newcastle aims to improve the quality of life for all residents. Join us in creating a delicious, fair, and sustainable future for Newcastle.
Diet-related ill health and access to food
Aim to promote healthy eating campaigns including breastfeeding, 5-a day and healthy weight messaging, with the aim to change public behaviours. To help people recognise the benefits of eating a balanced, healthy diet and the range of conditions this will help to prevent.
Good food for all – tackling food poverty
Aim to understand, coordinate and identify gaps in the provision of emergency and low-cost food provision in Newcastle and to support organisations responding to food poverty by looking for opportunities to align money related advice and support services to help respond to the underlying issues for residents experiencing food poverty.
Building community food knowledge, skills, resources and projects
Aim to increase food education and cooking skills to improve knowledge and skills of local residents. We need to celebrate good work that is taking place, understand and share what works, provide easily accessible information and develop a shared voice for the sector.
Strengthen the local sustainable food economy
Aim to build a vibrant and engaged community that champions positive trade, promotes a sustainable, circular economy and acts as a collective and inclusive voice for the regions food and drink sector. We encourage local people to support local food businesses.
Transforming catering and food procurement
Aim to deliver a shared vision for the procurement and catering of healthy and sustainable food, through use of local, seasonal and ethical ingredients. Aim to impact local Public Sector policy and procedures to provide healthier and more sustainable food options.
Environmental sustainability – reducing waste and the ecological footprint of the food system
Aim to measure and significantly reduce food waste in private and public sector organisations, through increasing awareness of food reduction methods and surplus food projects. Aim to increase public awareness of food waste and methods to reduce food waste at home.
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