With less than the land we currently use to grow biofuels we could near double our fruit & veg production and add £2.3bn to our economy e v e r y y e a r

CCC's 7th carbon budget shows how the UK can be just as self sufficient on food, & improve farm profitability, public health, reduce emissions AND cut land use overseas by –*does quick sums*– at least 3.7m hectares, an area equal to size of Wales & NI - important for global conservation efforts 🧵

So proud of the report we have released today which tells the stories of 6 farms in England that are doing incredible things to support wildlife, reducing downstream flood risk, improving water quality and mitigating climate change, but need some swift action to make policy work better. More here🔽

🚨Green Alliance event on 5th Feb "What do farmers still need from the agricultural transition?". Sign up at the link! Ft a speech from the minister Daniel Zeichner and a great panel discussion of experts and farmers t.co/BVmbr52t7B

THREAD🌾Defra latest announcement claims they have injected £343M into UK Farming last week, are working on a 25 year roadmap and are relaunching Higher tier in 2025🌾BUT whats behind the headlines - lets get into it 🧵 www.gov.uk/government/n...

Very exciting to hear Defra SoS Steve Reed announce today that government will produce a new food strategy. Promising to hear the level of cross-govt buy in including from PM, No 10, health, education and business. We look forward to hearing more on the timelines and the "co-created" process.

Already squeezed by supply chains, we wont tackle water pollution by playing a blame game with farmers. Our briefing looks at what govt can do to rapidly make progress on one of their flagship commitments. Plenty of scope to raise private finance, & ensure costs fall on those most able to pay.

We think investing in farmers to store more carbon, stop more floods & improve water quality is incredibly cost effective, but Defra need to make changes to its farming policy ahead of the next set of spending decisions to show Treausry every £ in their budget is a £ well spent.