
Click the organisation name
to visit their site
Foods and Seasons
Eat
the Seasons is an excellent guide
to seasonal food.
The
East of England Apples and Orchards Project
provides a wealth of information on the history,
culture and practice of orchard fruit across the
region.
Food and Landscape
Explore
Your Countryside is a guide to the
landscape, market towns and villages of the East
of England. The food
trails section investigates three
food groups in detail, while the food
and drink section describes food
tours around each of the region’s six counties.
Eat
the View is a Countryside Agency
initiative to promote local food and the landscapes
it supports. Their website has a round-up of news
on local food initiatives. The agency is also
responsible for the Countryside
Character Intiative providing detailed
analysis of the country’s landscape areas.
Food Culture
Common
Ground celebrates local distinctiveness
in food and other areas.
Slowfood
is an international movement, originating in Italy,
promoting food and wine culture, and defending
food and agricultural biodiversity worldwide.
Slow Food opposes the standardisation of taste,
defends the need for consumer information, protects
cultural identities tied to food traditions, safeguards
foods and cultivation and processing and defends
domestic and wild animal and vegetable species.
Food and Health
The
Food Standards Agency is an independent
Government department to protect the public's
health and consumer interests in relation to food,
providing comprehensive information on food health
and safety issues. A subsidiary site, eatwell
(www.eatwell.gov.uk), provides advice on healthy
eating.
Food Initiatives
Local
Food Works provides news and information
on local food initiatives across the country.
f3
is a consultancy specialising in local food. Their
website includes a regular round-up of news on
local food initiatives and publications.
Food
Links UK is a network of organisations
supporting the local food sector.
Food
Vision provides case studies and
information on local food and food access initiatives
across the country, from a local authority perspective.
Sustain:
the alliance for better food and farming,
represents over 100 public interest organisations
and advocates food and agriculture policies and
practices that enhance the health and welfare
of people and animals, improve the working and
living environment, enrich society and culture
and promote equity.
Food Industry
FoodEast
has regularly updated news on developments in
the East of England food industry.
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