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Food For The Planet
Brighton and Hove
4031.58 tonnes of CO2 saved per year
Brighton & Hove Food Partnership has completed 24
Every Mouthful Counts toolkit actions:
Increase the amount of land used for community food growing
3366 tonnes of CO2 saved per year
Ensure there are opportunities for edible surplus food to be redistributed
523.6 tonnes of CO2 saved per year
Ensure you have a network of publicly accessible drinking water fountain
54 tonnes of CO2 saved per year
Go ‘Pesticide Free’ for your council land, verges and parks
51 tonnes of CO2 saved per year
Support community composting
36.98 tonnes of CO2 saved per year
Sign the Glasgow Food and Climate Declaration ahead of COP26 in November 2021
Adopt an economic strategy which includes supporting a local food economy
Establish a Local Food Partnership to help drive action on food, climate and nature
Promote local climate and nature friendly food businesses to the public
Publish and maintain a map of council landholdings
Provide training and support for agroecological farming
Publish an action plan for tackling the climate and nature emergency
Nominate a staff member to lead on food and climate change
Join Planning for the Planet
Use planning policy to protect food growing
Join Planning for the Planet
Publish a council-wide food use strategy to minimise food waste according to the food waste hierarchy
Publish a sustainable food procurement policy
Deliver public campaigns to encourage people to adopt a more climate-friendly diet
Serve more climate-friendly meals in nurseries and primary schools
Provide routes for independent, and climate and nature positive businesses to supply into council procurement contracts
Adopt a sustainable food policy for festivals and events held on council land.
Declare a Climate and Nature Emergency
Support programmes that allow those on low incomes to access nutritious, local and sustainably produced food
