Projects

We facilitate collaborative action, share best practice, and bring together a wider partnership of organisations from across the city.

Our work connects the dots between policymakers, community groups, businesses, organisations, and individuals.

  • Manchester Food Partners Programme

    MFPP is a train-the-trainer scheme designed to share knowledge with community groups and help them navigate and advocate for a sustainable food system.

    We have presented to the Manchester Climate Change Agency Youth Partnership and other youth groups and helped then advocate for food that helps their communities.

  • Reusable cup Pilot

    To reduce single-use plastics and save carbon MFB have provided research and advice for key institutions in Manchester to adopt reusable food packaging and move towards a circular economy.

    A city-wide pilot project is being developed for Oxford Road - whatch this space.

  • Produce Pod Project

    We are developing a pilot to increase the access, both in price and convenience of lower-income communities to nutritious, whole produce. We are currently in the process of co-designing a pilot project with the community.

  • Sustainable Business Code

    MFB have produced a voluntary code for the food and hospitality sectors. The code takes a systems-driven approach. It contains a set of multifaceted measures and produces a more holistic perspective on sustainability.

  • Improving Public Sector Procurement

    We are mapping how the public sector sources food across the whole of Manchester. The aim is to develop guidance that will inform council policy and create more nutritious and sustainable food in public sector spaces.

  • City Centre Good Food Retail

    We are producing guidance on how developers can include more good food in Manchester’s city centre.

MFB Mission

  • 1. Improve food security

    We want to improve Manchester's food security and reduce inequalities by ensuring that safe, appropriate, and nutritious food is available to all.

  • 2. Promote a vibrant food economy

    We want to support local businesses to develop a dynamic and robust food economy for Manchester, that everyone can enjoy.

  • 3. Create resilient supply chains

    We want to create more resilient supply chains for food coming into the city, to ensure everyone can access the healthy, tasty, diverse food they need.

  • 4. Reduce impact on the climate

    We want to reduce the environmental impact of the food system, with a focus on cutting down on food waste and shifting to more ecological practices.

  • 5. Facilitate collaboration, research, and innovation

    We want to work with researchers, technology companies, and other innovators to promote new ways of producing, processing, and accessing food.