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10 July 2012
Green Food Project report sets a clear course for action
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PRESS RELEASE
As Defra unveils the findings of the year-long Green Food Project, the Food and
Drink Federation, a key stakeholder in the development of the work, today said
that the work sets a clear course for action to meet the wider global
challenges
of future food security and climate change.
Commenting on the report, Steering Group member Andrew Kuyk (FDF's Director
of
Sustainability) said:
“Dealing with the potential tensions between the need to protect and enhance
the environment and the use of natural resources to deliver sustainable
increases
in food production, the Project builds on the analysis in last year's Natural
Environment White Paper and the earlier Foresight report."
“This has been a genuinely collaborative project addressing fundamental
questions about the future direction of the UK's food system. We have not come
up with
all the answers, but we have set a clear course for what needs to happen and
shown that it is only by working together that we can reduce the risks and
maximise
the benefits of what we are able to produce, now and in the future, to help
deliver safe, secure, affordable and nutritious food supplies for generations
to
come.”
More information
FDF press Team:
Nicki Hunt on or 020 7420 7132 - nicki.hunt@fdf.org.uk
Avni Raval or 020 7420 7131 - Avni.Raval@fdf.org.uk
Anna Taylor or 020 7420 7118 - anna.taylor@fdf.org.uk
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