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Here’s the August Sustainable Food Cities newsletter. Packed full of great info and including articles about the latest IPCC report. https:// mailchi.mp/ f0b4fff87340/ sustainable-food -cities-newslet ter-july-242806 1Sustainable Food Cities Newsletter August 2019mailchi.mp

It’s great to see Veolia asking for peat to be banned in horticulture. And a call for good use of green waste, well composted, as a quality product, recycling our own waste, and creating local circular economies. https:// www.edie.net/ news/5/ UK-must-ban-peat -use-to-reach-n et-zero--Veolia -argues/UK must ban peat use to reach net-zero, Veolia argueswww.edie.net

Here our Network Director, Gary, talks about finding unlikely links across the Incredible Edible world. https:// www.incredibleed ible.org.uk/ news/ rochdale-barnsle y-and-cleveland -ohio-unlikely- links/Rochdale, Barnsley and Cleveland, Ohio-Unlikely Links!www.incredibleedible.org.uk

Defra is working on a National Food Strategy and are consulting on it. Here is the link to get groups involved. https:// consult.defra.go v.uk/ agri-food-chain- directorate/ national-food-st rategy-call-for -evidence/ consultationNational Food Strategy - Call for Evidence - Defra - Citizen Spaceconsult.defra.gov.uk

Such an interesting piece about the urban farming movement in Bristol, and great to see Incredible Edible Bristol seen as a pivotal part.Food after oil: how urban farmers are preparing us for a self-sufficient futurewww.theguardian.com

Ever thought about what constitutes a community and how unseen communities need to be included in our movement of kindness and change?https://www.incredibleedible.org.uk/news/supporting-communities-that-we-might-not-see/Supporting Communities That We Might Not See.....www.incredibleedible.org.uk

It’s incredible to see the Real Junk Food Project making huge change, feeding folk healthy food and using food that would otherwise end up in landfill!!Couple serve up wedding breakfast - with a twistwww.bbc.co.uk