Food Security and Farming in a Nature and Climate Crisis - A Briefing from The Wildlife Trusts

Food Security and Farming in a Nature and Climate Crisis A Briefing from The Wildlife Trusts A VISION FOR FOOD SECURITY AND FARMING The Wildlife Trusts | 2 Introduction 1. [...] These are urgently needed to provide loss and river pollution, but it is also failing our farmers with the tools they need to adapt to climate farmers who are being buffeted by the increasingly change and manage resilient businesses, moving tangible impacts of a changing climate, exposure to away from intensive farming and its reliance on volatile supply chains, and inflationary pressures on fossi. [...] produce food is contributing to the very biodiversity • Review the Sustainable Farming Incentive – and climate crises that undermine its long-term embed a whole farm approach, and provide viability, and undermine the basis of farm profitability. [...] in the UK1 and this presents a huge opportunity • Ensure the agriculture budget is being well spent for farmers to play a critical role in securing nature and provides the scale of investment needed to and climate recovery whilst avoiding pollution and secure the environmental public goods society increasing nutritional food security. [...] sustainable dietary choices, supports businesses to make more sustainable sourcing decisions, and • Set a fair but firm baseline for all farm businesses, incentivises farmers and producers to be a part of to make polluting businesses pay for the damage the change.