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Food For The Planet
Birmingham
Birmingham City Council has completed 20
Every Mouthful Counts toolkit actions:
Ensure you have a network of publicly accessible drinking water fountain
4500 tonnes of CO2 saved per year
Support community composting
20.64 tonnes of CO2 saved per year
Ensure there are opportunities for edible surplus food to be redistributed
Serve more climate-friendly meals in your council-run care settings (residential care and meals on wheels) by signing the Planet Pledge
Declare a Climate and Nature Emergency
Support programmes that allow those on low incomes to access nutritious, local and sustainably produced food
Sign the Glasgow Food and Climate Declaration ahead of COP26 in November 2021
Establish a Local Food Partnership to help drive action on food, climate and nature
Nominate a staff member to lead on food and climate change
Subsidise the cost of compost bins, water butts and kitchen caddies
Publish an action plan for tackling the climate and nature emergency
Publish and maintain a map of council landholdings
Provide training and support for agroecological farming
Use planning policy to protect food growing
Increase the amount of land used for community food growing
Increase the amount of land used for local food growing and production
Publish a sustainable food procurement policy
Deliver public campaigns to encourage people to adopt a more climate-friendly diet
Serve more climate-friendly meals in nurseries and primary schools
Go ‘Pesticide Free’ for your council land, verges and parks
