The document summarizes the priorities of the Birmingham Food Charter, which are: 1. Ensuring the health and nutrition of Birmingham's children by improving food education and reducing childhood obesity. 2. Promoting the fitness, health, and happiness of all citizens by increasing food skills, tackling barriers to healthy eating, and encouraging community food projects. 3. Growing Birmingham's food economy by supporting local food businesses and marketing the city's food industry. 4. Achieving sustainable and less wasteful food systems to address global food security issues.

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Sustainability Forum
Kate Cooper
17th September 2013

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Birmingham
Sustainability Forum
Kate Cooper
17th September 2013

3. The Birmingham Food Charter: Priorities

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The Birmingham Food Charter: Priorities

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The Birmingham Food Charter: Priorities
2 The fitness, health & happiness of all citizens

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The Birmingham Food Charter: Priorities
2 The fitness, health & happiness of all citizens
3 Food & the city’s economy

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The Birmingham Food Charter: Priorities
2 The fitness, health & happiness of all citizens
3 Food & the city’s economy
4 Global food security

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The Birmingham Food Charter: Priorities

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The Birmingham Food Charter: Priorities
We aim for Birmingham to be renown as a city whose children eat well. To that
end:
a) We will ensure all Birmingham children leave school with a good knowledge
of where food comes from, what a healthy diet is, can prepare a variety of
healthy meals and have experience of growing fruit and vegetables.
b) We will take action to halt the growth in childhood obesity, and
then reduce it.

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Recognising we are what we eat, and that eating is ‘social glue’, we will
a) Increase food skills and knowledge so that every adult in Birmingham can
prepare a variety of healthy meals that are quick to make for
themselves and others, low cost and tasty.
b) Tackle barriers to healthy eating faced by those on low incomes.
c) Ensure serving healthy meals to staff and customers is a key
priority for all public institutions and businesses.
d) Encourage greater participation in individual and community food
growing projects.

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a) We will encourage entrepreneurial engagement in the local food
industry as a source of employment and as a marketing asset for
the city.

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3 Food & the city’s economy
4 Global food security

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3 Food & the city’s economy
4 Global food security
a) In achieving the priorities above, we will promote sustainable
food provenance.
b) We will also work towards a radical reduction in the level of food
waste along the food chain from growers and producers through to
wholesalers, retailers and consumers.

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a city whose children eat well
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BOARD MEMBERS
12 invited Members to include an independent Chair.
Other Board Members from:
➡ The food supply chain (farming, manufacturing, wholesale,
distribution, retail)
➡ NHS/Public Health
➡ Catering
➡ Pre-school/school education
➡ Regional universities and/or a Medical School
➡ SME/social enterprise food business
➡ Community food growing

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