Fair share of the pie Kath Dalmeny Sustain: The alliance for better food and farming Food, Farming & Countryside Commission Growing Communities and Better Food Traders

Food and farming: Signs of our times Farmers’ average income £20k; many going out of business; land ownership concentrating 8.4m experiencing household food insecurity Concentration of power in decreasing number of food companies We’re hitting ecological limits – pollinators, antibiotics, climate (Oh, and then there’s Brexit…)

Food: A fundamental need

Food strategies at different scales National London Local authority Local community

What food strategies say (and miss out) Tend to focus on: Decent food for everyone Skills, jobs, enterprise Land use Environment: Climate change, food waste Public sector food procurement Rarely take an assets-based approach Haven’t cracked the economics Have started to look at fiscal measures Fundamental questions about redistribution of public money according to need

What money are we missing?

Follow the money…

Decent food is possible People eating food from box scheme or farmers’ market each week: 5,000 Percentage of box scheme veg UK-grown: 85% (UK average is 55%) Percentage of box scheme fruit UK-grown: 29.4% (UK average is 10%) Box Scheme and Farmers’ Market customers walking, cycling or taking public transport to collect: 93% Graduate apprentices now working as patchwork farmers: 15 Farmers’ Market/Box Scheme customers considering themselves to be on a low income: 25% Members who have changed their shopping or cooking habits since joining: 95%

Root causes of disease: investment For every £100 invested in fruit and vegetable production, over £1,000 is being invested in soft drinks and confectionery. The Food Commission

Growing Communities Food Zones www.growingcommunities.org

Power and money in the food supply chain

Common agriculture policy (CAP) budget Root causes of disease: Subsidy Common agriculture policy (CAP) budget Dietary targets

Root causes of disease: agricultural production policy “Chronic over-production” of sugar, butter Court of Auditors Cheapest calories from oils, sugars, starches 1p for 150 kcal 55p for 150 kcal

The power of policy… …after standards before standards…