Food Partnership update
Things may have seemed a little quiet since the partnership launch event back in October. However, the Core Group have been hard at work doing all the necessary tasks needed to make the partnership a reality.
There is lots more exciting work to do in the coming months. If you would like to join the core group and get involved in this work, helping to shape the partnership and wider food system please get in touch.
New recycling rules
On 31 March 2025 new rules around waste recycling come into force that may impact on businesses within the Wakefield district. Government guidance on these new rules can be found here.
Some of the ways these changes might affect you will also be covered in the first of our Wakefield Good Food Partnership webinars. See the Events Section below for more information.
Feeding the future
Our near neighbours in Sheffield with the support of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) have recently produced Feeding the future: A roadmap for a sustainable, healthy and local food economy in Sheffield. Download this fascinating report.
Just in case
The National Preparedness Commission’s recently published report Just in Case: 7 steps to narrow the UK civil food resilience gap, looks at how well we would be able to feed ourselves in the UK, when faced with a food supply crisis. The report which can be downloaded here and provided the inspiration for a recent edition of BBC Radio 4s Food Programme that can be listened to here.