Devon County Council invites expressions of interest for the new Green Innovation Fund to support clean growth in Devon.
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Food and Climate Action Day
This September, Devon Food Partnership joined forces with the Devon Climate Emergency and Sustainable Food Places to celebrate Food and Climate Action Day! Sustainable food is vital to tackling the climate emergency, as how food is produced and what we eat has a significant impact on our personal carbon footprint. The “Food, Land and Sea” […]
Working together to improve Healthy Start uptake and promote local produce
Devon Food Partnership Task Group – Join Us! Wednesday 10th November, 10-11.30am virtually on MS Teams Please join us for the Devon Food Partnership’s first task group, looking at how we can improve uptake of Healthy Start across Devon, Torbay and Plymouth, and how this can join with ambitions to shorten supply chains and link […]
Join the Sustainable Food Places Day of Food & Climate Action!
On Wednesday 29th September, Sustainable Food Places Network (SFP) members are joining a food and climate day of celebration and action in the run up to COP26. COP26 is just around the corner, when a lot of attention will be on the climate change negotiations. Devon have declared a Climate Emergency, and the Devon Food […]
Food Producers and Processors – help us to understand the South West food supply chain.
A new joint initiative with partners from across the South West has been established to fund and deliver research to better understand the South West’s food supply chains. This research could provide information on how supply chains could be shortened and how producers could be supported to access public procurement opportunities by identifying opportunities to […]
Future Farming Resilience – Navigating the Agricultural Transition
Devon County Council has received funding from Defra to help update farmers and landowners in Devon and Somerset on upcoming changes to funding support. Supporting the agricultural sector is essential to a diverse and prosperous food economy and the Devon Food Partnership (DFP) vision. Therefore it is great that free support for farmers is on […]
Free Fruit and Veg Boxes for Families in Devon: Get a Healthy Start!
Two and a half thousand families in Devon can sign up to receive a seasonal fruit and vegetable box this Autumn as part of a Devon County Council initiative to help raise awareness of the government’s Healthy Start scheme, which is due to go digital later this year. Devon County Council’s ‘Get a Healthy Start!’ […]
Funding from Soil Association to Bring Communities Together Through Food
The Soil Association has announced that not-for-profit organisations in the UK can apply for small grants of £150 to take part in Cook and Share Month, running from World Food Day 16th October – 16 November 2021. The Devon Food Partnership (DFP) would like to support and encourage communities to access opportunities to engage with […]
Free farmers’ wellbeing webinars from Trading Standards
Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards are holding a webinar to promote wellbeing in the farming community on Thursday 22 July.
Webinars for food businesses: changes to food labelling law
Food businesses need to be ready for the 1 October 2021 food labelling law changes. Officers from Trading Standards and Environmental Health are holding free webinars to explain what is changing with live question and answer sessions.