The five themes

While different organisations in any particular place have different priorities, many have realised that by working together through food they can deliver more than the sum of their parts across all the petals of sustainability.

Sustainable food communities Health and wellbeing for all Environmental sustainability Local economic prosperity Empowered and resilient communities Fairness in the food chain

Since sustainability is about direction of travel rather than reaching a destination, members of the Sustainable Food Cities Network have adopted a set of 10 principles that reflect the full breadth of food-related issues. Click on the petals to see key facts, principles, easy to adopt sustainable food initiatives and useful support organisations for each theme.

Carrots on a market stall

Open quote marksThere is a growing body of international evidence that integrated city-wide food programmes are a good way of delivering long term benefits to individuals and communities.

It is vital that local and national policy-makers recognise just what can be achieved through food and work together across departments and disciplines to maximise these benefits for those most in need. Close quotes mark

Dr Roberta Sonnino
Cardiff University
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