Welcome to our new Strategic Partner, ShareAction, with their incredible team of change agents, who are bringing critical insights and fresh perspectives to the network.

Innovations have the potential to transform the food system and how people eat. But, with inequalities a major factor in poor health how can we ensure that the people who need it most are not left behind? The British Nutrition Foundation Annual Conference explored how innovations can help us to tackle key public health challenges. 

So, does the industry have the sustainability skills it needs? And if not, what’s missing? If food and drink is lacking skills, it’s far from the only industry in that position. Demand for green skills outstrips supply across the whole of the UK.

This week, the House of Lords released the much-anticipated “Recipe for Health” report—a comprehensive review that draws insights from over 150 experts across the food system. It opens with a striking tone: “Our food system is broken.”

At our Annual Future Food Movement Business Leaders Dinner, Baroness Walmsley, who chaired the enquiry, delivered a rallying cry to our members: “Your objectives and targets need to be more closely aligned with the public health targets that we need to have in this country.”

With the Labour government expected to respond to the report before Christmas, industry-wide change might be on the horizon. But what does this mean for your business?