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Core Values and Objectives

Core Values

A Carmarthenshire Food System that produces, promotes and provides healthy and sustainable food for future generations.

Key Priorities:

  • Accessible
  • Healthy
  • Thriving
  • Committed
  • Sustainable

 

Objectives

Food for Public Health
The Food Environment at Home, Public and Community Settings.

Public Sector Provision
Sustainable Food Procurement and Education.

Local Food Economy
Sustainable Food and Farming Sector Careers and Livelihoods.

 

 

Food for Public Health

Mission

‘All of Carmarthenshire has access to local, healthy and sustainable food.’

Goals

Ensure Carmarthenshire residents and visitors have access to local, healthy and sustainable food by 2035. *access is defined as Skills/Knowledge, Affordability and Physical Availability.

Eliminate ‘non-emergency’ need for food banks by 2040.

Significantly decrease the consumption of processed foods and foods that are high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) and increase the consumption of fruit and vegetables.

 

Public Sector Provision

Mission

‘All Public Sector catering, education and provision services work collaboratively to prepare, serve and promote healthy and sustainable food’

Goals

30% of Public Food Procurement has provenance from organic or sustainability accredited local and Welsh producers by 2030.

Education settings include Food Literacy as part of Progression Steps 1–5 by 2035.

75% reduction in the *environmental footprint of public sector food procurement by 2035.

Carmarthenshire adopts Health Traffic Lighting labelling in Public Sector settings by 2035.
*full life cycle of food, from production to waste

 

Local Food Economy

Mission

‘Develop a thriving, innovative and resilient local food economy that retains value’

Goals

Work to increase employment opportunities in the agricultural sector(primary food production) by 2030.

Increase Carmarthenshire food sector jobs paid the Real Living Wage by 2035.

Increase the amount of Community Food and Social Enterprises, spread equitably across the county.