WWF's reponse to today's food security report
Responding to today's Food Security report by the Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee, Duncan Williamson, Food Policy Manager at WWF-UK, says:
“We welcome the Committee's report on the important issue of food security. WWF has argued for many years that food security isn't just an issue to be packed away in one Government Department, so we're pleased that the Committee recognises that the Departments for Business and for Energy and Climate Change, as well as Defra, have important responsibilities. The same applies to the Department of Health and the International Development Department, so if Defra is to lead the Government's overall approach to food security, it will need to be a truly cross-government effort.”
“The Committee supports 'sustainable intensification', but we need to be cautious about arguing that the food security debate is all about producing more with less. Food security must be genuinely sustainable, with social and environmental considerations at its heart. We also need to think and talk honestly about what we eat. We should be moving to diets that are less meat and more plant-based – this would place less pressure on the planet's systems, and be better for our health and well-being.”
