Webinar: How Could Wales Feed Itself by 2035?

A new report and webinar: quote and details below, here are some headlines.

‘Provide capital and revenue support to expand and enhance sustainable food partnerships and hubs across Wales from 2025-2035’

‘Universal access to a healthy diet – enabling everyone to access healthy and more sustainable food to address trends in diet-related diseases and poverty.’'

• Secure a just transition for farmers and growers with long-term financial support and extended tenancy agreements.
• Prioritise local, sustainably produced food through public procurement to develop local markets and distribution chains.
• Implement a land and marine use framework and national food strategy.
• Reduce the dominance of livestock production and incentivise growing a wider range of sustainable crops to replace imports.
• Enhance food literacy within the education system.

"The Wales Net Zero 2035 Challenge Group was set up to investigate pathways to Wales becoming Net Zero by 2035. Guided by global best practices, cutting edge research and created by leading experts the reports go beyond “setting targets” and map out high-ambition pathways to deliver fair climate action.

This webinar is an overview of the group’s findings. It will be hosted by the chair of the group, Jane Davidson and will also feature some of the experts involved in the group. Lessons are relevant beyond Wales.

Jane is a former Environment Minister for Wales, the architect behind the groundbreaking Future Generations Act 2015 and the author of #FutureGen: Lessons from a Small Country.

https://actionnetwork.org/events/wales-net-zero-2035-launch-pathways-to-a-prosperous-and-resilient-wales-in-a-changing-future