With a general election just days before the Great Yorkshire Show, we asked farmers what they need and what they want from the incoming government. Farmers and food value chain professionals from across the North West joined us to share their ideas on how we secure the financial and environmental sustainability of the food system. This event was hosted in partnership with Yorkshire Agricultural Society, Newcastle University, Oxbury Bank plc and MHA, the UK member of Baker Tilly International.

Those involved in agriculture discussed how to protect our farming heritage and deliver a sustainable supply of high standard, high welfare and nutritious food. They shared their thoughts on supply chain fairness, food security planning, governmental approaches to policy, taxation and funding, agritech innovation, labour shortages, development of green markets, B2B collaboration ad food pricing among other topics.

The input from the panel and audience contributed to a letter to the new team of Defra ministers and the entire front bench, the new EFRA Committee, party leaders and environment spokespeople for all the main political parties, aligned committees in the House of Lords and the media.

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