England
Ranked #4 of 229 UK councils
A running total of the weight of every tracked food action this council has formally voted through. It is not a mark out of 100.
ActingDivestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investments
5.00Supporting
Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)
5.00Supporting
Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock land
5.00Supporting
Adopt a funded Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) programme for climate mitigation/adaptation with measurable targets
4.00Supporting
Farmer transition grants/advice to shift from livestock to horticulture and plant-protein crops
4.00Supporting
Repurpose council farmland/grazing land to nature recovery (rewilding/woodland creation/habitat restoration)
4.00Supporting
Peatland/wetland restoration (re-wetting, grazing-pressure reduction) on council land
3.55Supporting
Allocate land/allotments for community food growing and plant-rich diets (edible gardens, veg growing)
3.00Supporting
Coastal habitat restoration / blue carbon projects (seagrass, saltmarsh, kelp where applicable)
3.00Supporting
Create nature recovery network (wildlife corridors/pollinator habitat) on former grazing or feed-crop land
0.00Neutral
Declare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)
0.00Neutral
Include livestock methane in carbon budgets and climate targets; mandatory livestock methane reporting
0.00Neutral
Prevent conversion of cropland to animal feed crops (feed maize/soya)
0.00Neutral
Regional food strategy coordination group / food partnership
0.00Neutral
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)
0.00Neutral