Fresh Street
For many households healthy foods, especially fruit and vegetables, are unavailable, unaffordable, or inaccessible.
Fresh Street is an innovative area/ place based approach designed to support food / public health nutrition policy makers build healthier and fairer local food systems.
Fresh Street – a place based approach
Regular vouchers for fruit and vegetables that can be used with local independent fruit and vegetable retailers.
UK fruit and vegetable consumption continues to be below the recommended 5-a-day. Despite national healthy eating information campaigns, and support for families on low incomes on benefits (Healthy Start), just 20% of the UK population eat the recommended 5 daily portions of fresh fruit and vegetables.
