This government is ambitious for our food system. We are determined to drive a generational change in our relationship to food and the impact that the food system has on our environment, economy and society. The food strategy will set out how we will create a healthier, more affordable, sustainable, resilient food system that restores pride in our British food culture and heritage and supports delivery of our Plan for Change and our national missions.

This document sets out: 

• the context and key challenges facing the food system
• our high-level vision of what the UK food system of the future looks like and our new approach to working with the food system on a patriotic campaign to realise that vision
• the priority outcomes that will make the vision a reality (with additional detail in the Annexes)
• next steps on delivery of the outcomes

The strategy considers the food system of the UK as a whole. It recognises that the UK food system is made up of smaller regional and local food systems and is embedded in the wider European and global food systems, all of which interact in complex ways. The strategy is aligned with and supports the devolved governments approach to food policy, as set out in Northern Ireland Food Strategy Framework, Scotland National Good Food Nation Plan, Food Matters: Wales and A Vision for the Food and Drink Industry. Significant areas of policy related to food are devolved. Unless otherwise stated, the priority outcomes and policies in this document relate to England only.