Kent County Council

England

20.24

Ranked #21 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.

Acting

The actions we track

Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)
5.00Supporting
Co-design culturally inclusive menus (incl. plant-based options)
4.00Supporting
Repurpose council farmland/grazing land to nature recovery (rewilding/woodland creation/habitat restoration)
4.00Supporting
Farmer transition grants/advice to shift from livestock to horticulture and plant-protein crops
3.68Supporting
Shift policy support from monoculture toward diversified agroecological/veganic/regenerative farming (permaculture principles)
2.06Supporting
Include livestock methane in carbon budgets and climate targets; mandatory livestock methane reporting
1.65Supporting
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)
0.56Supporting
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
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
Food security priority policy (ending poverty/hunger; nutritious food accessible for all)
0.00Neutral
Green bonds and transition finance for plant-based food system shift
0.00Neutral
Map and support plant-protein processing infrastructure (pulses, legumes) and value chains
0.00Neutral
Peatland/wetland restoration (re-wetting, grazing-pressure reduction) on council land
0.00Neutral
Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock land
0.00Neutral
Support small farmers to maintain/restore autonomy over land, water, seeds and resources
0.00Neutral
Adopt a funded Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) programme for climate mitigation/adaptation with measurable targets
-0.70Opposing

The actions we track

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

5.00Supporting

Co-design culturally inclusive menus (incl. plant-based options)

4.00Supporting

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

4.00Supporting

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

3.68Supporting

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

2.06Supporting

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

1.65Supporting

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

0.56Supporting

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

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

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

0.00Neutral

Green bonds and transition finance for plant-based food system shift

0.00Neutral

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

0.00Neutral

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

0.00Neutral

Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock land

0.00Neutral

Support small farmers to maintain/restore autonomy over land, water, seeds and resources

0.00Neutral

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

-0.70Opposing