Soil Association
The Soil Association promotes planet friendly food and farming through education, campaigns and community programmes.
 

The Soil Association was founded in 1946 by a group of farmers, scientists and nutritionists who observed a direct connection between farming practice and plant, animal, human and environmental health.

Today, the Soil Association is the UK's leading environmental charity promoting sustainable, organic farming and championing human health.

The organisation is a supported by its membership, reliant on donations and on the support of its members and the public to carry out its work.

The charity investigates key ethical issues such as climate change, Genetic Modification (GM), animal welfare, wildlife, pesticides and antibiotics in order to inform the public and lobby policy makers for changes at a national level.

The Soil Association's certification symbol is the UK's most recognisable and trusted organic mark.

Want to join the Soil Association? By doing so, you'll be helping to create a vibrant food culture in which the importance of good food is truly valued. In return you'll get the information you need to help lead a planet-friendly lifestyle.
 

Food for Life - Past, present and future

Inspired by famous dinner lady Jeanette Orrey, the Soil Association founded Food for Life in 2003 to help schools source fresh, local and organic produce and give pupils the chance to visit farms to see how their food is produced.

Since the launch of the Food for Life report in 2003, there has been a huge rise in awareness and interest in school meals. The progress of Food for Life was massively amplified by Jamie Oliver's excellent Feed Me Better campaign, the combination of which resulted in dramatic changes in Government policy, including the formation of the School Food Trust and the food based and nutritional standards for school meals.

The Soil Association now leads the Food for Life Partnership in England, with £16.9 million funding over five years from the National Lottery.