Project News

London Universities – do you want short, healthy, resilient food supply chains?? We sat down with the Better Food Shed and LUPC to explore

Cambridge Food Hub Supplies Local Produce to Hughes Hall College, Cambridge

A recent trip to Belfast exploring the community growing sector

Meeting with growers at Cultivate food hub, discussing crops for schools

Procurement for Good team reports back from the 2025 Public Sector Catering Expo in Warwickshire.

Procurement for Good team explores questions around dynamic food procurement and catering for sustainable school meals in Stroud.

Cambridge Food Hub hosts event to explore how to get more fresh local organic fruit and vegetables onto the public plate in Cambridgeshire.

Galloway Food Hub hosts procurement and catering staff from NHS and local Council on a field visit to local suppliers.

In this blog we explore the different forms food hubs can take and the aspects to consider when choosing which food hub model aligns with your needs.

This blog unpacks what food hubs are and their role in connecting smaller-scale, agroecological and organic producers with public sector markets.

Growing Communities and Sustain hosted local authorities from London to celebrate the Hackney School Food Pilot and share learnings.

Researchers and practitioners discuss place-based innovations in public food procurement at Future of Food Symposium in Birmingham.

Procurement for Good and Bridging the Gap talk food hubs and public procurement at Groundswell 2025.

Public procurement is recognized in the Local Food Plan as one of the key levers that can support and encourage thriving local food ecosystems.

Recent policy developments in Wales have the potential to further improve the quality of food on the public plate.

Wicked Leeks blog calls for building on new political opportunity and moving beyond pilots for sustainable food procurement in the public sector.

PFG researchers participated in an exciting learning exchange by Sustain on ways to introduce more local, sustainable produce into schools.

Day two of Procurement for Good’s field trip to our Welsh food hub began with a visit to Ash and Elm Horticulture, a five-acre CSA.

The Procurement for Good consortium met for the last introductory visit to the project food hubs on March 19th and 20th.

It was an early start for the Procurement for Good team, gathering at the Better Food Shed in Bow, London on Tuesday 11th March.

On Tuesday 28th February the Procurement for Good consortium visited the Cambridge Food Hub, the wholesale arm of Cambridge Organic.

In early January several of our Procurement for Good project partners participated in The Great School Dinner Debate.

On January 29th, the Procurement for Good team assembled in Dumfries, Scotland.

Coventry University’s research aims to create a more sustainable UK food system through public sector food procurement.