Reports

• Course Notes: getting equipped to bring organic and local food into universities and colleges, 2008 [PDF 4.7 MB]
  Course Notes is aimed at students, caterers and staff in universities and colleges who are interested in introducing local and organic local food. It features case studies, hints and tips and pointers to get you started with your own initiative.
   
• Georgie porgie pudding and pie, 2008 [PDF, 3.9 MB]
  This is the first detailed investigation into the state of food fed to young children attending nurseries in England and Wales.
   
• Not what the doctor ordered, 2007 [PDF, 1.4 MB]
  This report, sponsored by Organix uncovers a glaring contradiction between the Government's policy on healthy eating and the dominance of junk food on sale in many hospitals and leisure facilities. 
   
• Feeding the Olympics, 2007 [PDF, 475 KB]
  This report from the Soil Association, Sustain and nef calls on London to deliver the promise to be the greenest and healthiest Games in terms of the food they provide, and sets out how this can be done.
   
• A fresh approach to hospital food, 2006 [PDF, 1.5 MB]
  This report sets out the Cornwall Food Programme, which pioneers tasty, healthier and environmentally friendly hospital meals.
   
• The real meal deal, 2006 [PDF, 2.4 MB]
  This report from the Soil Association and Organix takes a look at what's on the menu for children at 10 popular family restaurant chains and 14 major visitor attractions.
   
• Taking our children for a ride, 2006 [PDF, 256 KB]
  A snap shot survey of the food and drink available at 14 major tourist attractions across England and Wales, carried out by the Soil Association and Organix, found that junk food is king and there is a depressing lack of healthy food and drink choices available.
   
• Setting the standard, 2006 [PDF, 4.3 MB]
  How the food for life project set the standard for school meals and food education.
   
• Double dividend?, 2005 [PDF, 648 KB]
  This report promotes good nutrition and sustainable consumption through healthy school meals.
   
• Food for Life - healthy, local, organic school meals, 2003 [PDF, 1.6 MB]
  The Food For Life project aims to get better food into schools. Our report reveals the alarming state of primary school meals in the UK and examines why things have got so bad. As well as case studies of schools pioneering healthy mealtimes, the report details actions that schools, caterers, government and parents can take to get healthy, local and organic food into schools.
   
• Organic farming, food quality and human health, 2001 [PDF, 1.5 MB]
  This comprehensive review of existing research reveals significant differences between organically and non-organically produced food.