Agenda item - Greater Brighton Food Scoping

Report of the Chair, Greater Brighton Officer Programme Board

1)           That the Board agrees to the next phase of work which includes:

·         Identification of a mechanism to co-ordinate action and feed progress into the GB10 pledges

·         Advice on alignment of policies, metrics and action focused on food system transformation by LA areas

·         Budget allocation to create investment plans for infrastructure, business support and training (£15,000 allocation from GBEB). This would cover specialist support to properly cost and develop investment plans for the city region food system

·         A call to business, education and food partnerships to support food system transformation

·         Seeking partner updates on how food system innovations are being embedded into practice

8.1.       The Board considered a report of the Chair, Greater Brighton Officer Programme Board that presented findings from a scoping existing policy and partnerships in the Greater Brighton city region. The scoping findings offered the basis of a future Greater Brighton Food Plan, a clear approach to collaborative work and a pathway to implement Government Food Strategy.

8.2.       Resolved-

1)           That the Board agrees to the next phase of work which includes:

·         Identification of a mechanism to co-ordinate action and feed progress into the GB10 pledges

·         Advice on alignment of policies, metrics and action focused on food system transformation by LA areas

·         Budget allocation to create investment plans for infrastructure, business support and training (£15,000 allocation from GBEB). This would cover specialist support to properly cost and develop investment plans for the city region food system

·         A call to business, education and food partnerships to support food system transformation

·         Seeking partner updates on how food system innovations are being embedded into practice