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  • Food systems science
  • Environmental science
  • Public policy

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  • Global food systems face unprecedented pressure from population growth, climate change, and geopolitical instability.
  • Fragmented stakeholder priorities hinder effective solutions for food system challenges.
  • Despite consensus, transformative system-level change in food strategies remains limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the UK's national food strategy as a case study for transformative change.
  • To identify key tensions and priorities for a resilient and sustainable food system.
  • To advocate for a more coherent and ambitious approach to national food strategy development.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectoral experience analysis to identify food system needs and priorities.
  • Examination of the UK's national food strategy for coherence and ambition.
  • Distillation of key tensions within the food system.

Main Results:

  • The UK national food strategy requires greater coherence and a holistic approach for significant impact.
  • Current strategy lacks the ambition needed for transformative change.
  • Addressing food system complexity is crucial for equitable, healthy, and sustainable diets.

Conclusions:

  • Advocating for a food system digital twin to model interventions and legislation.
  • Proposing a citizens' forum for co-development of a cohesive national food strategy.
  • Recommending enhanced government integration of food system governance for a unified strategy.