AHDB has supported The Smith Institute in writing some chapters for this follow-up publication examining the demand side of the food industry and on some of the more social and consumer aspects of food. In this publication, we have helped to explore some of the issues around consumer behaviour and the role of food. We examine what we mean when we talk of a healthy sustainable diet and the implications that this has for both consumers and producers. In particular, the contributors explore the relationship between health, affordability and sustainability.
AHDB has supported The Smith Institute in pulling together this timely publication examining the often overlooked issue of food production and security in Britain. At the global level, population growth, economic growth in key emerging countries, changing dietary patterns, finite land availability, climate change, challenges to the availability of key resources, the energy challenge, and a slowdown in the rate of growth of food productivity all point towards the need for new thinking. We tend to think of these issues in an international context, but in a globalised world they will inevitably affect the UK.