Our team has spent years challenging Welsh Government to develop a long-term vision and strategy for food resilience in Wales – we welcome the announcement of the National Food Strategy for Wales this week.  

This strategy must shape a food system that means everyone in Wales can enjoy affordable, local, healthy and sustainable food. 

Today one in three children in Wales starts school above a healthy weight. The cost of reaching a ‘5 a day’ diet is out of reach for many families – with one in four Welsh households unable to put enough food on the table. In the long term – the food security of future generations, and the livelihoods of our farmers, is at risk from global conflict, trade wars and climate change. 

Co-producing the strategy with Welsh farmers, growers and businesses alongside local authorities, city & growth deals and health boards will help us integrate policies on the food we grow and manufacture with the outcomes we must achieve on public health and for nature. The strategy must involve people living with food insecurity. 

Food resilience requires a whole-of-government approach. It means our planning and procurement systems, our high street and community regeneration plans all need to work towards a better food system – alongside our policies on agriculture, health and education. 

Our Future Generations Report 2025 and our food guidance for local authorities sets out actions we can take to grow, buy and consume more Welsh fruit and vegetables, support community food resilience, promote healthier diets – and expand Free School Meals and school food literacy.