The Soil Association and the Barefoot Partnership are leading a city-wide initiative to make Plymouth, in the southwestern English county of Devon, the UK's first 'sustainable food city'.
The Plymouth Food Project supports local producers to supply the city's school and hospitals with fresh fruit and vegetables and is run in partnership with Plymouth city council, the University of Plymouth and NHS Plymouth.
Traci Lewis of the Soil Association said: 'It's a winner for everyone involved. Not only do the residents of Plymouth get more fresh, tasty, good-quality local food on the menu, the increase in the amount of locally produced food and drink sold into Plymouth's public sector is great news for the local farmers, growers and food businesses who supply the produce.'
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