Decision

1)         That the
Food Strategy for Torbay for 2025 – 2030 be endorsed;
 

2)       
That the Director of Public Health and the Partnerships and
Inclusion Manager be instructed to develop a food action plan for
Torbay Council to deliver against the aims of the Strategy and
present it to the Cabinet for approval within three months.

Reasons for the decision

Adoption of a five-year Food Strategy for Torbay, would help to
ensure a strategic and focused approach to promoting positive
change within our food system locally and would support the future
resilience of communities.

Alternative options considered

To not progress with a
food strategy.  This was not deemed to
be a sustainable or suitable option.  The scale and complexity of challenges within our
local and national food system were significant, and therefore they
would require a more strategic, joined-up approach to address them
in any meaningful way.  Many
interventions needed were not within our gift locally, but those
which were, would require longer to implement.