Local and sustainable sourcing
Sustain: The alliance for better food and farming. Download their report on sustainable food procurement for London schools here Download as PDF (722Kb)
www.sustainweb.org
The Public Sector Food Procurement team, look at the way we buy food for schools and encourage sustainable procurement.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/policy/sustain/procurement/school-food.htm
Their Catering Services and Food Procurement Toolkit will give you templates for invitations to tender (ITT) when it is time to re-tender your catering contract.
www.defra.gov.uk/farm/policy/sustain/procurement/toolkit/documents/index.htm
The South East Food Group can put you in touch with local producers. They also work with New Covent Garden Market on 'Local to London' to get more local food on the capital's plates.
www.sefgp.co.uk
Richmond's Go Green Portal supports the government's Sustainable Schools framework with a gateway dedicated to food and drink
www.richmond.gov.uk/gogreen/gg_school/gg_food_and_drink.htm
Click below to download the School Food Trust's guide to sustainable procurement for school food.
www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk
If you are a London school or caterer looking for supplies of more sustainable food and drink, this London Food Link database is for you
www.sustainweb.org/localfoodfinder
London Food represents the diversity of London's food system and helped develop and deliver a London Food Strategy to improve the health of Londoners and make London's food sustainable over the ten years to 2016.
http://www.londonfoodstrategy.org.uk






















