The London Borough of Merton is highlighted as ‘Most Improved Good Food Borough’, with eight more boroughs receiving commendations.
The Good Food for London 2012 report provides a league table of local authorities on their support for key good food initiatives, such as community food growing, high quality school food, helping local food outlets serve healthier food, and buying ethical food in schools and local authority canteens - including Fairtrade products, cage-free eggs and sustainable fish.
Report author and London Food Link officer, Ross Compton, said: “Londoners care about good food, and they want to know what their boroughs are doing to support good food. Back in 2011, we first produced a league table, and maps showing which boroughs are taking action on good food.
“In many London boroughs, schoolchildren are now receiving fresher, tastier and more sustainable food than last year, and tens of thousands of local residents have better access to green space for growing food. Borough support for farmers and local businesses has also improved, and there are early signs that several boroughs are doing their bit to create bee-friendly environments.”
As well as Islington and Merton, eight more London boroughs out of a total of 33 received praise for their work to support good food, namely: Camden, Enfield, Greenwich, Havering, Richmond-upon-Thames, Sutton, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.
Havering was also highlighted as having shown leadership on good food buying, having helped other boroughs to buy good food affordably through collaborative buying contracts.
The remaining boroughs had shown progress on one or more key food issue.
Only the London Borough of Hillingdon did not appear to be taking significant action on good food issues.