Organic for All: 2025 – 2028 Investment: £2 million (£750,000 for Year One) Goal: To make organic affordable, available and accessible to everyone in the UK.
The need
In the UK, 16% of species are facing extinction, agriculture contributes over 10% of GHG emissions, and being an unhealthy weight is the leading risk factor for illness. These issues are inextricably tied to intensive farming and poor diets. Organic offers a solution for reaching net zero targets, protecting nature, boosting public health and providing secure livelihoods. Yet, in the UK, organic is not affordable, accessible or available to everyone, and is often inaccessible to those who would benefit from it the most. We are leading
a movement, bringing together all organic stakeholders to make organic food a standard, rather than a privilege, and accessible to all members of society. Over the next three years, we will approach this challenge through the levers of understanding and increasing affordability, increasing public procurement of organic, and improving supply chain efficiencies.
Project objectives Affordable: Identify and promote targeted interventions to reduce the retail cost of organic. Available: Create opportunities to increase public sector organic consumption and spend, connecting local organic producers directly with food procurers and caterers. Accessible: Convene organic sector stakeholders across the entire supply chain to advocate with a collective voice.
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