Winchester City Council

The actions we track

• Endorse/Adopt Plant-Based Treaty (motion/committee decision)

  7.00Supporting

• Declare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)

  3.61Supporting

• Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock land

  3.26Supporting

• Adopt a funded Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) programme for climate mitigation/adaptation with measurable targets

  2.22Supporting

• Shift policy support from monoculture toward diversified agroecological/veganic/regenerative farming (permaculture principles)

  1.78Supporting

• Farmer transition grants/advice to shift from livestock to horticulture and plant-protein crops

  1.69Supporting

• Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)

  1.43Supporting

• Reform farm subsidies and agri-environment schemes to reward reduced livestock density and shift to horticulture/plant-protein crops

  0.87Supporting

• Allocate land/allotments for community food growing and plant-rich diets (edible gardens, veg growing)

  0.13Supporting

• Adopt plant-forward / plant-based procurement policy

  0.00Neutral

• Coastal habitat restoration / blue carbon projects (seagrass, saltmarsh, kelp where applicable)

  0.00Neutral

• Create nature recovery network (wildlife corridors/pollinator habitat) on former grazing or feed-crop land

  0.00Neutral

• Deforestation-free supply chains: no ecosystem clearing for animal farming; mandatory trade deal clauses

  0.00Neutral

• Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investments

  0.00Neutral

• Food security priority policy (ending poverty/hunger; nutritious food accessible for all)

  0.00Neutral

• Include livestock methane in carbon budgets and climate targets; mandatory livestock methane reporting

  0.00Neutral

• Integrate plant-based nutrition into JSNA / public health strategy

  0.00Neutral

• Plant-based catering requirements for major venues & events

  0.00Neutral

• Plant-based options offered in council catering/venues (non-default)

  0.00Neutral

• Plant-based options standards for social care, care homes & NHS settings

  0.00Neutral

• Public awareness campaigns for food transition (reduce meat/dairy, plant-rich)

  0.00Neutral

• Repurpose council farmland/grazing land to nature recovery (rewilding/woodland creation/habitat restoration)

  0.00Neutral

• Shift land ownership/control into community hands for green space, reforestation, and community food gardens (asset transfer/CLTs/right-to-buy where applicable)

  0.00Neutral

• Targets for plant-based/plant-rich procurement in public catering

  0.00Neutral