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By 2030, we will have:

A national food strategy that joins up trade, food, farming and health policies to deliver on population health and environmental outcomes. Support for less and better meat and dairy featuring as a key component.
Sustainable and healthy food-based dietary guidelines which act as a reference point across all levels of government, from local to national.
Public procurement that delivers food consistent with the dietary guidelines with a focus on more plants and less and better meat and dairy.
Good access to a healthy sustainable diet for everyone, including those on low incomes.

Government actions to get us there

Deliver a cross-departmental food and farming strategy

Sustainable and healthy dietary guidelines underpin all policy development

Normalise sustainable diets through public procurement

Mainstream progress in school food

Rebalance agricultural policy towards plant production and better meat and dairy

Develop an integrated land-use plan

Local authorities improve access to fruit and vegetables

Make vegetables and better meat affordable

Assess future trade deals for their impact on human health and the environment

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A integrated food and farming strategy

A better food environment needs a more holistic, inclusive approach to policy making. The City of São Paulo has a programme called ‘Ligue os Pontos’ or “Connect the dots,” recognising that an integrated food and farming policy supports rural economies, while supplying the city with fresh, organic produce.

Climate-friendly dietary guidelines

Denmark is one of only a few countries to have introduced dietar y guidelines that focus on both population health and that of the planet. Recognising that citizens were eating too much meat, the Danish Government drew up a new food policy

Every meal counts in a climate emergency

Leeds City Council is normalising sustainable diets through public procurement and helping schools lower the carbon footprint of the meals they serve through a range of measures.

Serving ‘less and better’ school meals

Mandeville Primary school in Hackney weaves food education into the curriculum, teaching children how to grow, cook and eat fresh food that’s healthy and sustainable. Lessons take place on site at Hackney School of Food, bringing together chefs, gardners and educators to support children and their families to learn to cook from scratch.

Mechanisms to ensure local planning decisions help nature

Sheffield has declared a nature emergency and is working to ensure that local planning decisions help nature to recover.

Making vegetables and better meat more affordable

Rose Vouchers are a local, charity led project that helps families on low incomes to buy a good variety of fresh fruit and vegetables at local markets.

Enforcing environmental standards through trade policy

The EU’s trade policy is currently the best example of successfully enforcing standards of environmental protection, animal welfare and climate resilience in trade.

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