A petition to get the government to implement a major crisis food security plan

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The Issue

Protect our food supply chain during a crisis. Introduce a legal framework, that in a national crisis, retailers are not allowed to suspend online e-commerce. Create a local safety net, with a short supply chain made up of growers, farmers, local food producers where availability of food is severely disrupted without reliance on the supermarkets. Work with food delivery companies to develop health protocols for staff, and incentives to hire workers to maintain food transport to remote and needy areas that does not allow for profiteering. Declare food as an essential commodity and all food related services as essential. Introduce the power to freeze, adjust, suspend or take over supplier contracts with producers to ensure fair value is paid to producers during a crisis. To ensure nutrition is maintained for vulnerable children look to set up emergency food distribution points and give out vouchers that can be spent on healthy, nutritious fresh food. 

The Decision Makers

Department For Environment

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