Help ensure plant-based diets are included in the new UK food strategy by sharing the Ten Point Plan for Plant Rich Diets with your MP
The UK government is currently working on its new food strategy and there is very wide agreement and understanding among experts and campaigners about the positive role that plant-based foods must play.
The Vegan Society has been closely involved in developing the Ten Point Plan for Plant Rich Diets; a set of policy proposals to support a transition towards more plant-based diets which now has the support of nearly 50 organisations working in food, environment and health.
Please contact your MP to ask them to support the Ten Point Plan by raising it with ministers. There is a template email here but please feel free to adapt – as always, please ensure any correspondence with your MP is brief and polite.
Thank you for taking action. If you get a reply, please share it with us by forwarding to policy[at]vegansociety[dot]com
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Subject line: Constituent request – please contact ministers regarding food strategy
Dear X
As one of your constituents, I believe it is vital that the government’s new food strategy promotes a transition towards more plant-rich diets. Very recently, two major reports, the global EAT-Lancet Commission and the UK-based Agrifood Network +, representing hundreds of scientists and policy experts, have both concluded that it is essential for public health and environmental protection for diets to shift towards more consumption of healthy plant-based foods and lower consumption of animal-based foods.
The government’s strategy – the Good Food Cycle – offers an opportunity to introduce policies which will make it easier for people to choose, access and afford healthy plant-based foods, and to support British growers and companies who produce and sell them. A set of proposals to achieve that has recently been produced and is supported by almost 50 commercial and civil society organisations working in food, environment and health. The plan is here and a one-page summary here.
Please contact Dame Angela Eagle, the Minister of State at Defra responsible for the food strategy, to ask her to adopt the measures in the Ten Point Plan proposal as part of the forthcoming action plan for the food strategy.
Yours sincerely
