Cardiff Food Charter: Why the time is right.
Cardiff Council is actively pursuing health and sustainability agendas which recognise a key role for local/sustainable food and is examining its food procurement policies for public bodies.
The Welsh Assembly and Cardiff and Vale Health Trust are also active in this area.
Cardiff University has become a focal point for food research in Europe and has expressed interest in being fully involved in the development of the proposed Cardiff Food Charter.
Companies in the commercial food sector have expressed an interest in committing in practice and principle to Cardiff as a Sustainable Food City.
There are a number of organisations in Cardiff actively involved with community food projects such as, Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens, Vision 21, Transition Cardiff and RCMA Social Enterprise.
A food campaigner galvanises support for a Cardiff Food Charter
A Cardiff Food Charter could be established by next year under an independent initiative to ensure access to local, healthy food.
The charter, supported by the Soil Association’s Sustainable Food Communities Programme, will set out strategies to create a sustainable food system enabling all Cardiff residents to obtain healthy, local food.
The document will be written after consultation with organisations operating within the food and sustainability sectors in Cardiff, as well as Cardiff University and statutory agencies such as Cardiff Council.
Organisations and individuals will be invited to sign up to the charter and take action to deliver on its objectives.
Steve Garrett, who is heading up the scheme said, “It’s not about preaching to people but making fresh, local produce readily available to the community.”
Cardiff Food Charter: Why the time is right.
Cardiff Council is actively pursuing health and sustainability agendas which recognise a key role for local/sustainable food and is examining its food procurement policies for public bodies.
The Welsh Assembly and Cardiff and Vale Health Trust are also active in this area.
Cardiff University has become a focal point for food research in Europe and has expressed interest in being fully involved in the development of the proposed Cardiff Food Charter.
Companies in the commercial food sector have expressed an interest in committing in practice and principle to Cardiff as a Sustainable Food City.
There are a number of organisations in Cardiff actively involved with community food projects such as, Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens, Vision 21, Transition Cardiff and RCMA Social Enterprise.