27th Oct 2022 - 07:00
Image
Abstract
The Soil Association has written an open letter to new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calling on him to wake up to the connection between hunger and diet-related poor health.
Chief executive Helen Browning called on Sunak to support the Soil Association’s vision of a future where everyone has access to an affordable, healthy and nutritious diet, underpinned by a resilient and sustainable food system.
The Soil Association is calling on the Prime Minister to:
- Immediately implement universal free school meals for all Key Stage Two children across England.
- Immediately increase funding for school meals so that caterers are not forced to cut standards with ingredients that undercut British farmers, as part of a wider package of reforms to school food policy.
- Commit the hundreds of millions spent on school food to be spent on British, sustainable farm produce, with the revised buying standards introduced at the earliest opportunity.
- Commit to continuing the rollout and development of the Environmental Land Management Schemes and Sustainable Farming Incentives with funding for protecting soils and a farmer-led tree revolution
- Work with the Soil Association’s Food for Life scheme to roll out a “whole-school approach” to food that promotes healthy, sustainable food, and food education from an early age.
If you would like to access the full letter, visit here.
Category