Food Strategy
On 21 March, 2025, the government outlined a major new partnership with the food supply chain and civil society in its first steps towards developing a food strategy.
The food strategy will work to improve our food system to:
provide more easily accessible healthy food to tackle diet-related ill health, helping to give children the best start in life and help adults live longer, healthier lives.
maintain food security by building resilience in the face of climate shocks and geopolitical changes, strengthening the supply chain which operates so effectively to keep us fed.
reduce the impact of farming and food production on nature and biodiversity, while supporting the sector through that transition.
ensure growth is at the heart of the strategy using government's Growth Mission to drive the investment, productivity, and innovation that builds resilience, so that the UK's largest manufacturing sector can realise its potential for economic growth.
IGD is acting as a co-secretariat for meetings of the Food Strategy Advisory Board comprised of senior leaders across government and the food system. Supporting the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs with engagement across the food system, acting as a neutral convenor, drawing on its charitable status and commitment to public benefit.
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