The Roadmap

Abstract:

The AFN Network+ was established by UK Research and Innovation in 2022 to consider the challenge of transforming the UK’s food system to meet our climate commitments. Since then, we’ve built a community of over 3,000 researchers, food and farming practitioners, and policymakers from across the UK dedicated to finding pathways to a more sustainable future.

Over recent years, the food system’s vulnerability to sudden shocks has become increasingly apparent – from pandemic upheavals to conflict-driven price spikes and extreme weather events. These disruptions underscore why transformation cannot wait. This Roadmap comes at a pivotal moment, with the UK government launching a new food strategy process with an aspirational vision for change. The question now is how to turn vision into reality.