Laying the Foundation

A Food Strategy that works for everyone

29th September 2025

The Citizen Advisory Council (CAC), made up of Food Foundation Ambassadors and FFCC Food Conversation participants, is working with Defra to ensure the new Food Strategy reflects people's everyday experience of food.

In the first phase of their work earlier in the year, the CAC observed government workshops with representatives from business, academia and civil society. They also designed their own workshops with a wider group of citizens to get their views on the Food Strategy development process.

This report is the culmination of that piece of work and sets out their intentions for the next.

Photo: Citizen Advisory Council meeting in June 2025, with Dominic Watters, Kent, and David Njoku, Berkshire.