WHAT WE’RE DOING – Sustainability is a very broad concept and is about direction of travel rather than reaching a specific destination, so no one definition is ever perfect. In developing their programmes, however, many other sustainable cities have found it useful to think about food across six areas: 1. Promoting healthy and sustainable food to the public 2. Tackling food poverty, diet-related ill health and access to affordable healthy food 3. Building community food knowledge, skills, resources and projects 4. Promoting a vibrant and diverse sustainable food economy 5. Transforming catering and food procurement 6. Reducing waste and the ecological footprint of the food system
OUR VISION - We believe that Good Food is vital to the quality of people’s lives in YORK. We use Good Food to summarise the best combination we can achieve of fresh, local, seasonal, healthy, delicious, affordable, sustainable and fairly produced food. This vision covers the 200,000 residents of York and the 8 million visitors to the City every year. We recognise that a compact City like York cannot produce all its food within the city boundaries. Luckily, York is at the heart of Yorkshire, the largest County in England, which produces a fantastic range of fresh and processed food and drink. Building on York’s rich food history and culture, we aim to celebrate Good Local Food and to bring individuals and organisations together to increase the demand for fresh, seasonal, local and healthy food throughout the city. At the same time, we plan to work with food growers and producers across Yorkshire to boost the supply of food to meet this demand.
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OUR CHARTER - We believe that the food we eat should be: GOOD FOR PEOPLE - everyone should have access to information, training and resources that enable them to grow, buy, cook, and enjoy healthy food. GOOD FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY - policy-makers, local residents and visitors should support and value food enterprises which promote local jobs, prosperity and diversity, and treat workers well. GOOD FOR THE PLANET - food should be produced, processed, distributed and disposed of in ways that benefit nature, protect plant and animal welfare and safeguard the future.
DEVELOPING A FOOD ACTION PLAN - A plan is critical in helping make food more of a priority in York in order to realise the pivotal role it can play in driving positive social, economic and environmental change. We are in the process of developing an action plan and consulting with others prior to its implementation.
WHAT WE’RE DOING – Sustainability is a very broad concept and is about direction of travel rather than reaching a specific destination, so no one definition is ever perfect. In developing their programmes, however, many other sustainable cities have found it useful to think about food across six areas: 1. Promoting healthy and sustainable food to the public 2. Tackling food poverty, diet-related ill health and access to affordable healthy food 3. Building community food knowledge, skills, resources and projects 4. Promoting a vibrant and diverse sustainable food economy 5. Transforming catering and food procurement 6. Reducing waste and the ecological footprint of the food system
OUR VISION - We believe that Good Food is vital to the quality of people’s lives in YORK. We use Good Food to summarise the best combination we can achieve of fresh, local, seasonal, healthy, delicious, affordable, sustainable and fairly produced food. This vision covers the 200,000 residents of York and the 8 million visitors to the City every year. We recognise that a compact City like York cannot produce all its food within the city boundaries. Luckily, York is at the heart of Yorkshire, the largest County in England, which produces a fantastic range of fresh and processed food and drink. Building on York’s rich food history and culture, we aim to celebrate Good Local Food and to bring individuals and organisations together to increase the demand for fresh, seasonal, local and healthy food throughout the city. At the same time, we plan to work with food growers and producers across Yorkshire to boost the supply of food to meet this demand.
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OUR CHARTER - We believe that the food we eat should be: GOOD FOR PEOPLE - everyone should have access to information, training and resources that enable them to grow, buy, cook, and enjoy healthy food. GOOD FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY - policy-makers, local residents and visitors should support and value food enterprises which promote local jobs, prosperity and diversity, and treat workers well. GOOD FOR THE PLANET - food should be produced, processed, distributed and disposed of in ways that benefit nature, protect plant and animal welfare and safeguard the future.
DEVELOPING A FOOD ACTION PLAN - A plan is critical in helping make food more of a priority in York in order to realise the pivotal role it can play in driving positive social, economic and environmental change. We are in the process of developing an action plan and consulting with others prior to its implementation.