Support for local food growing initiatives, the development of a city centre food plan, fast food ‘exclusion zones’ around Cardiff’s schools, extending the roll out of a programme offering healthy meals to children during the school holidays, and more restrictions on junk food advertising are some of the ideas included in a new food strategy […]
Food Cardiff partners gathered at the Dusty Forge in July to network and collaborate on creating a healthy, sustainable and accessible food system in Cardiff. Food Cardiff meetings are open to any individual or organisation interested in good food in Cardiff. The next meeting will be on the 23rd October. Please contact pearl.costello@wales.nhs.uk for more […]
St Fagans National Museum of History will come alive with food, drink and live music on 7th and 8th September as the museum celebrates the 10th instalment of their annual food festival. This Food Festival, St Fagans National Museum of History have also joined forces with Cardiff’s local food partnership, Food Cardiff to celebrate the […]
17th June 2019 We are excited to officially launch our Cardiff Veg City campaign in partnership with organisations across the city. Eating more veg has a positive effect on our health, happiness and on the environment, but 80% of us don’t eat enough. Cardiff Veg City is city-wide campaign to promote vegetable consumption. The campaign […]
• Families in Wales estimated to have missed out on £1.8m of free fresh fruit, vegetables and milk • Coalition of charities and health bodies warn the government that more than £28m of healthy food missed out nationally Food Sense Wales is one of 26 charities and health bodies that have warned Secretary of State […]
Clinical Lead for Public Health Dietetics and Food Cardiff member, Emma Holmes, facilitated young people from across Wales as they came to Cardiff to call upon First Minister Mark Drakeford for urgent political action on child food insecurity and on school food policy. Two young Food Ambassadors, Bethan and Fayeth from in north Wales, joined […]
A new £5.1m UK project to tackle loneliness and improve health using “good food” will launch in Wales in association with the Soil Association’s Food for Life programme and Food Sense Wales. The project, funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, will use the power of good food to connect people of all ages through […]
A new Enterprise Manager has been appointed to manage one of Cardiff’s most well-established farmers’ markets. Carol Adams was recently appointed as Enterprise Manager at Riverside Real Food; the creators of Cardiff’s original farmers’ market which pops up weekly on the Taff embankment (opposite the Principality Stadium). The market (which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary) […]
