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FAQ Category: Organisation Actions

Grow the movement

By Sonja Woodcock

Published 5th January 2022

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Why not take action by…?

  • Sharing healthy, sustainable eating tips with others.
  • Posting about your FoodWise action/s on social media.
  • Hosting a food action event or competition.
  • Asking your staff or students to become FoodWise.
  • Sharing food skills and knowledge on nutrition and cooking.
  • Helping out colleagues that are new to growing by giving advice.
  • Or come up with your own suggestion!

Support local, fair and seasonal

By Sonja Woodcock

Published 5th January 2022

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Why not take action by…?

  • Serving seasonable, healthy produce.
  • Buying from producers in Yorkshire and the surrounding counties.
  • Serving higher welfare meat such as organic, free-range, grass-fed and outdoor reared and bred. Partnering with a community farm or market garden.
  • Buying Fairtrade tea and coffee.
  • Or come up with an idea of your own!

Avoid food waste

By Sonja Woodcock

Published 5th January 2022

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Why not take action by…?

  • Reducing portion sizes in your canteen.
  • Providing compost bins for food scraps.
  • Offering takeaway options for leftovers.
  • Giving surplus food to local charities or food banks.
  • Providing facilities to preserve or freeze food (e.g. a communal freezer).
  • Ensuring caterers only buy what they can use.
  • Signing up to the Courtauld Commitment 2030.
  • Or come up with an action of your own!

Give space for growing food

By Sonja Woodcock

Published 5th January 2022

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Why not take action by…?

  • Giving space over to growing fruit and vegetables.
  • Setting up a school allotment or a garden for service users.
  • Allowing staff time to volunteer at a community garden.
  • Setting up a Little Veg Library for your staff, service users and others.
  • Sharing food you’ve grown with others.
  • Growing salad and herbs on indoor windowsills.
  • Or come up with an action of your own!

Encourage a healthy workplace

By Sonja Woodcock

Published 5th January 2022

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Why not take action by…?

  • Making fresh fruit available for staff and visitors.
  • Hosting tasty and nutritious group lunches.
  • Running skill-building sessions, for example on cooking healthy meals or growing your own food.
  • Asking caterers to provide nutritious, plant-based options.
  • Having at least one ‘meat free’ day each week in your canteen.
  • Providing service users with a more ‘meat free’ meal options.
  • Organising a healthy bake-off or potluck picnic.
  • Or come up with a pledge of your own!

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