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