This report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Chatham House, shines a spotlight on agribusinesses, on the potential role they could play in fostering transformative change in the food system at scale and at pace, and on the political and market structures, or “system lock-ins” – that are stifling this potential.

This month: Comment on our draft Roadmap report, catch up on our latest webinar, find out what we are doing at Groundswell… and much more.

Joint announcement from Defra and Health secretaries on retailers and mandatory reporting of healthy food sold.

This white paper sets out strategic opportunities for businesses and policymakers to act at the intersection of human and planetary health. It highlights the transformative potential of healthy, sustainable diets and how they show up in everyday basket and meal choices.

Planeatry Alliance report capturing the knowledge and insights of leading thinkers and do-ers in sustainable food.

This briefing is based on a webinar discussion with Neil Ward, given to the AFN Network+ community on the 16th June 2025.

Find out about our EDI survey, new resources produced by FlexFund projects, and the latest funding opportunities and events.

We need radical and transformational change in our food system. The scale of the change can sometimes feel overwhelming and paralysing – but we also tend to forget that we’ve done it before, including in living memory, during and after World War 2.

The Chancellor set out her plans for spending in the Spring Statement. Here are some of the key points, and how they relate to food and farming.

This month: A new role for an AFN Champion, the first of our ‘impact stories’, more scoping study reports published… and much more.

This briefing is based on a webinar discussion with two members of the Climate Change Committee (CCC) team – Indra Thillainathan and Sandra Bogelein – given to the AFN Network+ community on the 7th April 2025.

he conversation about a food system transition is becoming louder – but animal welfare is not always getting much of a hearing. What then, might a food system transition mean for the animals in the farmed system? And what might be traded off in a transition, and would these be morally or practically acceptable?