Lancaster City Council

The actions we track

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

  4.00Supporting

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

  4.00Supporting

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

  3.65Supporting

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

  2.33Supporting

• Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investments

  2.09Supporting

• Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)

  1.13Supporting

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

  1.02Supporting

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

  1.01Supporting

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

  0.00Neutral

• Adopt plant-forward / plant-based procurement policy

  0.00Neutral

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

  0.00Neutral

• Peatland/wetland restoration (re-wetting, grazing-pressure reduction) on council land

  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

• Prevent conversion of cropland to animal feed crops (feed maize/soya)

  0.00Neutral

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

  0.00Neutral

• Regional food strategy coordination group / food partnership

  0.00Neutral

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

  0.00Neutral

• Support programme for food businesses to transition to plant-based offerings

  0.00Neutral

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

  -2.30Opposing