As policy gradually begins to show signs of joining up health, affordability and food system change, in food retail, there are green shoots that suggest a parallel shift may also be underway.

What would it cost the UK food system to do nothing about climate change?

Carbon and nature markets promise new income for farmers and private investment in nature recovery, but the infrastructure to make them work isn’t there yet.

We need coordinated action to shift UK dietary patterns as an essential component of transforming the food system to improve public health, planetary wellbeing, and economic prosperity.

How can we help build the UK’s readiness to avert a food crisis, and what would it actually take?

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Climate change, geopolitics and the current economic system are already driving up the cost of food, but by how much, and where are we most exposed?

The UK public sector serves millions of meals every day in schools, hospitals and prisons. It should be one of our most powerful tools for food system transformation. So why, after 20 years of research, are the barriers to getting good food onto public plates pretty much the same?

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Three sessions at the Oxford and Oxford Real Farming Conferences set the scene for 2026 by highlighting the links between health, food, and social issues, and questioning whether policy ambition can translate into delivery

We tell ourselves that food crises happen elsewhere. But a new study, led by AFN’s Sarah Bridle, with contributions from the wider AFN team alongside experts from across policy, business and civil society, has mapped the pathways by which the UK could face serious food system disruption.

This briefing is based on a webinar discussion given to the AFN Network+ community on the 28th November 2025.