Bolder Government action needed to get British food in schools and hospitals

The Soil Association said if the Defra Secretary wants to achieve 'long-term food security, profitability and sustainability for our farming sector', then simply monitoring for British food in public institutions 'will not be enough'

Rachael Brown
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Bolder Government action needed to get British food in schools and hospitals

The Soil Association has called for bolder action to get more sustainable British food into schools and hospitals in response to the Government's announcement at the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) today...

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