Food Foundation responds to new Agriculture Bill

Michael Gove has set out his plans for the new Agriculture Bill, which will have its first reading in Parliament today, and which aims to deliver a ‘Green Brexit’.

Anna Taylor, Executive Director of the Food Foundation, said: “Linking public payments directly to public goods promises to protect our environment more effectively than the current subsidy system. But the primary purpose of farming is to produce food, and it’s critical that the Agriculture Bill acknowledges the dietary crisis from which the UK is currently suffering. This Bill has the potential to protect the environment, but it also needs to support better eating – it must not miss the opportunity to incentivise the production of nutritious, affordable food.”

In-depth analysis from the Food Foundation:

- The Food Foundation’s response to DEFRA’s consultation on Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit (May 2018)
- ‘Farming for 5-A-Day’ report – an assessment of the impact of different Brexit scenarios on our ability to afford our 5-A-Day.

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