Abstract/Summary

The lack of ambition of the UK Government’s 2022 Food Strategy (GFS) was evident from the start (2022). One year on from the GFS2 publication, the UK food system looks increasingly vulnerable with food prices increasing at record rates, food insecurity soaring; and empty shelves in UK supermarkets due to disruptions in fresh produce supply. The UK is increasingly reliant on imported fresh produce with 54% of our vegetables and 84% of our fresh fruit imported. Furthermore, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affair’s (Defra) advisor Henry Dimbleby has resigned and published his own analysis of the problems with the food system5. The need for transformative change has never been more evident. However, the Government has abandoned and delayed several of its promises.