Chatham House is running a project entitled UK Food Supply in the 21st Century: the New Dynamic.
The work is largely being undertaken by Cardiff and City Universities and the research is focused on the future, examining the effects of global trends on the networks that supply two staples, wheat and dairy, to the UK market.
The research is based on a series of questionnaires, interviews, literature reviews and workshops to explore four possible scenarios sketching out the future of Britain's food supply. The work undertaken so far indicates that there are widespread doubts about the ability of global food production to meet rising demand, with constraints on the availability of energy, water and land frequently identified as issues of particular significance.
Overall, there is an expectation of significant structural change in existing food supply arrangements and the policies that support them; and there is a belief that Britain as a society has a number of important choices to make if it is to secure the kind of supply arrangements that best support its interests.
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