FixOurFood

Regenerative food system transformation

The Food Foundation are working with FixOurFood, a five-year research programme which aims to transform food systems across the UK to one that is regenerative, benefitting human and planetary health. 

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About FixOurFood

Led by the University of York and anchoring its research in Yorkshire, there are three strands to FixOurFood: exploring hybrid business models, regenerative farming and sustainable and healthy food for young people. The research aims to inform and influence UK food policy and develop metrics for understanding the food system across the research strands. 

The Food Foundation are a key partner on the “FixOurFood in Schools” element of the sustainable and healthy food for young people programme. With a focus on schools and nurseries in Yorkshire,  the FixOurFood team are working to transform school food menus, environments and procurement, as well as mprove access to Free School Meals. Our aim is to apply these research findings to schools’ policy across the UK and in doing so, improving diet quality, addressing health inequalities and supporting those children who need it most to access nutritious food. 

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Research and advocacy

1)    Evaluation of the Holiday and Activities Fund programme.

2)    Student-led research on the Free School Meal allowance: A Better Deal for Free School Meals.

3)    Auto-enrolment onto Free School Meals:


Working with FixOurFood and Bremner and Co. The Food Foundation have been communicating research into the benefits of national auto-enrolment onto Free School Meals to key policymakers.

-    MP briefing: Nourishing the Nation: Free School Meals Auto enrolment | Food Foundation

-    Local authority case studies

Events

In November 2023, we held an event in Parliament, attended by student researchers from seven schools in Yorkshire, who presented the findings of the Better Deal for Free School Meals report to MPs and civil servants. Read their powerful poems on the importance of good school food here.

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