England’s food strategy: boost fruit and veg production – but no tax on salt and sugar

What we eat and how it’s produced is at the heart of a new government food strategy for England, set to be launched on Monday.

A leaked draft of the plan, seen by Channel 4 News, aims to boost homegrown fruit and veg production and encourage healthy eating. But it’s been criticised for ignoring calls from an independent report, commissioned by the government, for a tax on salt and sugar and a dramatic expansion of free school meals for children in poverty.

We speak to Helen Browning, a pig farmer with her own organic sausage brand, and who is also chief executive of the Soil Association.

Very ignorant of PM. Sugar is as addictive as cocaine. Sugar tax would help people live healthier lives and save our NHS. Due to refined sugar in so many foods, we are seeing epidemics of obesity and type II diabetes on a global scale.

One thing channel 4 news won't be reporting on. CARERS FORGOTTEN AGAIN HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO COPE. People claiming Carer's Allowance to miss out on direct financial support from new cost of living payments.

Its been criticised by all, including farmers. Only people Tories care about are CEOs of supply chain and superstores.

Erm. We'll eat what we want to eat. Just saying 😊😊😊

Can they get anything right ?

What about banning palm oil, mono/digliserides of fatty acids and all the other shit that gets put in foods and will be killing people for years to come?

If anybody could afford the fuel, they could be driven straight to the food banks.

Absolute joke tax on salt sugar, just close down the millions of takeaways

Oh brilliant more stuff left to rot in fields as there’s no labour too pick it 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Who’s picking it?

Another leak.

Where's the protein?

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