Purpose

To approve the Northumberland Food Strategy
and set out the context of activity moving forward in line with
Northumberland's Economic Strategy, Inequalities Plan, Climate
Change Action Plan and the North East Environmental Stewardship,
Coast and Rural Growth Investment Plan.

Content

RESOLVED
that:-
 

1.           
Cabinet endorse the Northumberland Food Strategy objectives and
high-level delivery priorities as a framework for better
integrating and realising the value of the county’s food
system;

2.           
Cabinet agree to collaborate with Food and Drink North East to
develop a Northumberland food brand and standard to promote
Northumberland’s food story by summer 2025. This will support
growth of the food and drink sector and the visitor economy and
enable closer supply chain links; and

3.           
Cabinet agree to the creation of a task and finish internal officer
working group to define, by autumn 2025, the subsequent delivery
phases and proposed partnership governance within the context of
the emerging regional food infrastructure and local partnership
arrangements.