Eating Better

The sustainable food, farming and land sector is working towards equity but is shaped by inequitable systems. As a broad movement, we share goals yet differ in priorities and approaches to change. Sustain and Eating Better have a responsibility to help the movement progress together. Introducing Disrupt to transform: Alternative approaches to movement building.

Earlier this year, Eating Better, alongside Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming, Obesity Health Alliance, Wildlife and Countryside Link and Plant-based Food Alliance formed the Food Strategy Alliances. Together, we represent over 160 civil society and business organisations spanning health, animal welfare, conservation, food production, farming and social justice sectors.

A new Eating Better x Food Foundation survey finds that public willingness to reduce meat consumption is growing, but misconceptions persist.

Following the government’s announcement on mandatory reporting at the weekend, alliances representing over 200 organisations, plus 25 individual organisations representing health, farming, environment and animal welfare, are asking the government to ensure mandatory reporting goes beyond healthy sales to incorporate key health and sustainability criteria.

Eating Better launches a comprehensive definition of industrial livestock production and makes the case for change across the UK food system.

A just, diverse, equitable and inclusive (JEDI) food system is something which all Eating Better members aspire to see. But until we put these principles into practice in our own organisations we will not see the food system change.

New data from Eating Better shows that retailers, food service and government need to catch up with public attitudes towards meat, dairy and supporting farmers.

For healthy and sustainable diets to become the norm in the UK, we need national policies that support our farmers, safeguard our environment, and ensure everyone has access to safe and nutritious food. But how well are the four governments across the UK tackling this challenge? Eating Better’s new resource shines a light on the current state of play.

A new resource from Eating Better considers the health impacts of processed meat and highlights the need for public sector caterers and health organisations to focus efforts on reducing processed meat consumption in the UK.

Eating Better launches a new guide to strengthening civil society collaboration, working towards healthy and sustainable dietary change based on its 9 years experience and insights from across alliances in other European countries. 

Results from our 2019 YouGov Survey shows that awareness of livestock’s environmental impacts is growing.

Eating Better impact report 2017-18.