Policy Commission On The Future Of Farming And Food: Report

The food and farming industry has a future - and a profitable future - with a key role in the national economy, the nation's health, and the countryside. But sweeping change is needed to bring that vision to life. That is the message of the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food, which published its report to the UK Prime Minister in January 2002. The report calls for early, radical reform of the Common Agricultural Policy: the current system is serving no-one - dividing farmers from their market, suppressing innovation, and destroying economic and environmental value.