This is an archive of East Anglia Food Link's old website and no longer reflects our aims and objectives. We will shortly be launching a new website to present our current work and plans for the future.
Towards a Resilient, Low-Carbon Food System
It is possible to be relatively confident about the problems facing our food system. Describing a future food system that is more resilient can only be done more tentatively - although that can not be an excuse for continuing with business as usual. It seems likely that a resilient food system will include the following characteristics:
- Big reductions in our consumption of meat and dairy products
- Fruit and vegetables mainly from urban and peri-urban horticulture
- Resilient supply chains for bread and other staples
- Development of low-input agriculture
- Nutrient recycling back to the land
- Community supported agriculture
- A focus on seasonal & unprocessed food
- Greatly reduced food waste.