This morning virtual conference on 20 April will discuss the Food Strategy White Paper, which covers:
- the UK food system - emerging trends, challenges and priorities for following COVID-19 and exit from the EU
- the Food Strategy White Paper:
- response to the recommendations of the National Food Strategy
- potential effectiveness in addressing the key issues for the food and farming sector
- options future support
- net-zero - what will be required to decarbonise the food supply chain and the farming industry, in line with the Agricultural Transition Plan 2021 to 2024
- regulation - food standards, and meeting challenges facing the UK food industry, such as climate change
As well as the wider policy implications:
- future trade agreements:
- the government’s response to the concerns raised by the Trade and Agriculture Commission: Final Report
- fairness, transparency, sustainability and welfare standards
- food security - both for the UK and developing nations
- fostering domestic food production and delivering better food standards
- public health and the Food Strategy White Paper:
- accessibility to healthy food
- priorities for the Office for Health Inequalities and Disparities and the Office for Health Promotion
- international policy - opportunities for a holistic food strategy, and potential for synergies and collaborations on food security
- UK policy - developing future food policy alongside government objectives such as those in the Tackling Obesity strategy and the Environment Act
For more information on speakers and registration here