Welcome
Hello and welcome to the March/April edition of our Greener Food bulletin. In this edition we'll introduce you to our Greener Food Sustainability Champions, direct you towards some fantastic events for the London food and drinks sector and update you with the latest 'Green news'.
One of the simplest ways to make your business 'greener' is to serve seasonal and local foods. For March and April these include Morel mushrooms, wild garlic, spinach, watercress, sardines, purple sprouting broccoli and spring lamb. For more information on Greener Food or if you have any suggestions please send us an email.

Greener Food Update
Greener Food has recruited six Greener Food Champions as ambassadors for the project between February and October 2008. Their main role is to visit food and drink businesses in London and explain how becoming a Greener Food business can boost their reputation and increase their profits. By signing up businesses to Greener Food, our champions are helping London become a more sustainable city.
Visit our website and meet the champions.

Greener food evaluation
If you have attended a Greener Food event or received advice from a Greener Food staff member, we would like your feedback. We have commissioned a social research team to find out what the Greener Food Businesses  think about the project.  Over the next three weeks, the researchers will be carrying out a telephone survey and some face-to-face interviews.  We very much hope that you will be able to take part. 

Two goodbyes and a hello
Greener Food wishes farewell to Jerome Veriter and welcomes Kirsty Balmer to the team as Programme Assistant for Greener Food. Sadly we are also losing our Intern Sarah Hughes to 'greener pastures'. Best wishes to Jerome and Sarah for the future. 

Local To London 

News Feed
With the production of some bottled water brands generating up to 600 times more CO2 than tap water, Greener Food discourages the sale of bottled water as it is often unnecessary, expensive and damaging to the environment. A discount on filtration systems for Greener Food businesses has been negotiated with two companies.  Contact London Food Link's Charlotte Jarman for more information.
To read more about the campaign to promote tap water across London visit London On Tap.

If you are a London buyer looking for supplies of more sustainable food and drink, this database is for you. London Food Link has recently launched Local Food Finder where you can find 800 suppliers in and around London.

Are you planning an event this summer? Small or large, private or public, these gatherings can have a significant environmental footprint. For advice on how to hold a sustainable event click here. 

Dates for your 2008 Greener Food Calendar
25^th March: 'Live' Waste Audit: Find out how a waste audit is carried out, what the benefits are and how an audit can boost profits in your business. For more information contact Stuart Rutherford at London Remade.

31st March: A Trip to Bordeaux Quay: Join London Food Link on an Ethical Eats trip to Bristol's  Bordeaux Quay- an 'eco- restaurant', brassiere, bar, deli, bakery and cookery school all under one roof. To reserve a space contact Charlotte Jarman at London Food Link.

13-14 April: Natural & Organic Products Europe: The UK's biggest organic and natural products trade show
www.naturalproducts.co.uk

24^th April: Real Food Festival: The biggest farmers market ever, showcasing 500 of the best small food and drink producers from Britain and further afield, Earls Court London
www.realfoodfestival.co.uk/

1st-21st June: Love London : Now in its sixth year Love London promises to be the greenest annual festival in the UK. http://lovelondon.london21.org/page/64