Good Food for Camden - Sustain

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Good Food FOr Camden3. Food and educationEducation from an early age is a critical factor in helpingCamden’s residents to better understand health information andmake healthier food choices for themselves and their families.In addition, an increased availability of Good Food training,integrated into adult education and targeted at businesses,enterprises and the wider community will be key to achievingthe overarching aims within this strategy.Camden’s Children and Young People’s Plan (CYPP) contains apriority commitment to promote healthy eating and physicalactivity through a series of action areas. These includeachievement of healthy schools status and reduction of obesitythrough a range of activities. Implementation of the food andeducation theme of the Good Food for Camden strategy will becited as an integral element of the plan when it is revised at theend of 2009.Training also has great potential to empower people workingwith food with the skills to prepare, serve and promote food thatis healthy, sustainable and tasty. Training was also a key themethat emerged throughout the public consultation on the strategy,with individuals and organisations requesting training andsupport across all themes of Good Food.Objectives:■■■■■■ensure Good Food is integrated into Camden extended servicescore offerensure Good Food is integrated the curriculum and educationstrategiesensure Good Food is integrated into adult skills training and targetedtraining for businesses, enterprises and the wider community.Case study 3: Edible garden at Haverstock SchoolHaverstock School in Chalk Farm has developed a food growing project onsite that all 200 of the year seven students can access and activelyparticipate in. The edible garden was initially built in the summer of 2008 bya group of students, who were at risk of permanent exclusion, and GlobalGeneration, a local charity with extensive horticultural expertise. Usingfunding from NHS Camden via the Good Food for Camden programme, thegarden is now complete. It is managed by year seven students with the aimof engaging younger students in the food growing activities.The garden is planted with spring and summer vegetables and thestudents take part in a Local Food Enterprise programme, organised byGlobal Generation. The produce grown in the school is sold to partneringKings Cross restaurants such as Konstam and Acorn House, who arekeen to increase the amount of locally-sourced ingredients on their menu.For more information please contact Sunil Collett, Head of Geography atHaverstock School, Sunil.Collett@haverstock.camden.sch.uk, 0207 2670975; Jane Riddiford, Executive Director, Global Generation,jane@globalgeneration.org.uk, 0207 284 1054.19
Good Food FOr Camden4. Business and enterprise supportGood Food for Camden aims to support a vibrant food industry,generating social and economic value for the people living andworking in Camden, while also improving their health and reducingenvironmental impact. Providing a good range of attractive,affordable and well-marketed healthier foods in a convenient waycan greatly increase the chances of local people making healthierchoices and can reduce diet-related health inequalities 11 . Localisingaspects of Camden’s food supply, for example throughprocurement and promotion of local, sustainable suppliers, canhelp to generate economic prosperity and benefit the environment.Objectives:■■■■■■convey Good Food messagesthrough Camden’s businesses andenterprisesincrease access to affordable GoodFood through Camden’s businessesreduce food waste created by thebusiness and enterprise sectorEvery £10 spent on avegetable box schemegenerates approximately£24 for the local economycompared to only £14when spent in asupermarket.The Money Trail, Measuringyour impact on the localeconomy, New EconomicsFoundation report■■■■promote Good Food in the workplaceprovide support and advice to food businesses on improvingtheir sustainability performance.Fresh, local produce at a London Farmers’ Market20
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