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Green food project

Green Food Project
How can farmers, scientists and policy makers come together to reconcile the demands of increasing food production and continuing environmental improvement?

The Green Food Project was an industry initiative set up by Defra in 2011 to respond to this challenge. With participants from across the food chain, the Green Food Project looked at areas such as R&D, knowledge transfer, the industry workforce, waste management and investment to propose ways forward.

HGCA took part in the Green Food Project’s Wheat sub group which reported this summer. Copies of the relevant reports can be found below. More information can be found here

GFP conclusions

Wheat sub group findings

Wheat sub group report 1

Wheat sub group report 2

Greenhouse Gas Action Plan

AHDB is a Partner in GHGAP

Over the next 40 years, the global food system will have to feed more people with less impact. This will mean providing a higher quality diet whilst dealing with greater competition for land, water and energy and the economic and political pressures of globalisation as the climate changes.

Our farmers and growers will need to adapt to the changing conditions alongside reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gases are an inevitable consequence of food production, and the challenge of reducing them whilst increasing food production is huge.

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Biodiversity

Climate change

HGCA is involved in several initiatives that aim to help growers understand how their businesses may be affected by climate change.

The Farming Futures project communicates the impacts and opportunities of climate change. HGCA’s participation is co-ordinated through the Agriculture and Horticulture Research Forum.

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The Carbon Labelling Project

HGCA is a partner in this first European carbon labelling initiative which will help in meeting greenhouse gas reduction and biofuel targets of the European Union, reduce petroleum dependence and help to combat climate change.

http://www.co₂star.eu/

Link to renewables section…