University of Plymouth

09/18/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/18/2025 07:35

Finding ways to fix the UK’s food system

A fruit and vegetable voucher scheme and a programme promoting the use of more fish in our diets are among the Plymouth initiatives that feature in newly-published evidence aimed at making the nation's food healthier, fairer and greener.
The evidence is the culmination of the £47.5 million Transforming UK Food Systems (TUKFS) project, which set out to transform the UK food system by placing healthy people and a healthy natural environment at its centre.
The results have been published in a special issue of the Royal Society journal Philosophical Transactions B, titled Transforming terrestrial food systems for human and planetary health.
It makes 27 recommendations that offer practical routes for governments, retailers, caterers, researchers and communities to act now while building capacity for long-term systems change.
The report references three projects developed and delivered at the University of Plymouth, as part of ongoing work to ensure everyone in the city has opportunities to access sustainable sources of healthy food regardless of their circumstances.
All the projects are led by Dr Clare Pettinger , Associate Professor in Public Health Dietetics, who is actively engaged in community-focussed research around food systems, poverty and social justice.
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