The way we farm is important for the environment, our communities, and everyone on this planet. We all have a stake in the ways we produce food.
Sustain advocates for agroecological farming and better routes to market in the UK. We need to move towards farming systems that provide healthy, affordable food that is grown to high standards, while food producers should receive a fair price and workers the real living wage.
Supply chain regulation
We are calling for the government to strengthen the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) and create a single regulator to protect farmers and ensure fair treatment by retailers. Currently, regulation is fragmented and split across two departments, meaning that farmers’ concerns have failed to be addressed. We look at solutions here.
Horticulture
Cross-departmental horticulture strategy to support the production and consumption of British grown fruit and veg.
Land Use Framework
The Framework aims to guide how land in England is used, balancing food security, climate goals, nature recovery, housing, energy generation and economic growth. Sustain flagged major assumptions and gaps that could limit its effectiveness and lacks modelling of dietary change or plans to scale up UK horticulture. Our full set of recommendations here.
Environmental Land Management
We are calling for a more efficient roll out and better funded Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes and Sustainable Farming Incentives (SFIs), which support a diversity of agroecological farming systems.
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