Sustainable Food Places (SFP) is the driving force behind a UK-wide movement of local food partnerships—collaborations between local authorities, community groups, farmers, businesses, and others, all working together to build better food systems.
These partnerships don’t just tackle one issue. They connect the dots between food poverty, ill-health, climate change, and local economies—developing cross-sector solutions that make food fairer, healthier, and more sustainable for everyone.
Over the last three years, we've collected and documented over 1,200 local actions from 57 food partnerships, covering every part of the food system.
Explore the stories, innovations, and data behind their impact in our SFP Impact Hub:
With SFP’s support, food partnerships deliver wide-ranging change by:
Delivering local projects that address food challenges on the ground.
Coordinating action across sectors, linking people, ideas, and resources.
Influencing local policies and strategies to make food governance inclusive and community-led.
Instigating innovation, sharing learning, and sparking more local action.
Amplifying the voices and efforts of others, growing a powerful movement for good food.
Guided by SFP’s Six-Theme Framework, food partnerships are transforming food systems across the UK:
Food Governance & Strategy: Building collaborative, representative local food policies.
Good Food Movement: Raising awareness, engaging communities, and empowering food citizenship.
Healthy Food for All: Ensuring everyone can access healthy, affordable, and dignified food.
Sustainable Food Economy: Strengthening local food businesses, farmers, and supply chains.
Catering & Procurement: Driving sustainable and resilient local sourcing in catering.
Food for the Planet: Reducing food waste, supporting sustainable production, and tackling climate change.
Since 2013, Sustainable Food Places has supported and strengthened this growing movement by:
Providing tailored guidance, training, and support to food partnerships.
Offering a framework for systems change through our awards and themes.
Connecting local partnerships across the UK, fostering peer learning and collaboration.
Helping partnerships shape local food policies and action plans.
Advocating nationally for stronger food policy and support for local action.
Evidencing impact through data, research, and evaluation tools.
Leading campaigns that inspire local action and fuel the growth of a national good food movement.
Curious to learn more about the difference food partnerships are making across the UK? Our latest Impact Report brings together powerful stories, data, and examples from the Sustainable Food Places network—showing how local action is transforming food systems for people, place, and planet:
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