Cambridge City Council

The actions we track

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

  5.00Supporting

• Adopt plant-forward / plant-based procurement policy

  4.00Supporting

• Plant-based catering requirements for major venues & events

  4.00Supporting

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

  4.00Supporting

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

  3.62Supporting

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

  2.60Supporting

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

  1.37Supporting

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

  1.23Supporting

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

  1.00Supporting

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

  0.86Supporting

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

  0.65Supporting

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

  0.00Neutral

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

  0.00Neutral

• Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investments

  0.00Neutral

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

  0.00Neutral

• Map and support plant-protein processing infrastructure (pulses, legumes) and value chains

  0.00Neutral

• No new large-scale industrial fishing vessels; limit/phase-down industrial fishing capacity

  0.00Neutral

• Plant-based default in school meals; revise school food standards to require plant-based options

  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

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

  0.00Neutral