Decision details

The Director of Resources submitted a report presenting a draft Leeds Food Strategy and which also provided the Food Procurement Guidelines, which had been introduced by the Council. The report highlighted the key themes and aims of the food strategy, noted the development work which had been undertaken to date and sought approval to undertake public consultation on the draft food strategy.

In presenting the report, the Executive Member highlighted the comprehensive consultative work which had been undertaken with stakeholders to help develop the draft strategy.

A Member highlighted the importance of encouraging public engagement in, and awareness of local food production, and in response to a specific enquiry, the Board received clarification on a statistic within the report that ‘Leeds produces 49% of the calories it demands’, with it being noted that this was purely from a calorific perspective, rather than in terms of the specific food consumed in the city.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the draft Leeds Food Strategy, as detailed at appendix A to the submitted report, be approved;

(b)  That a public consultation exercise on the draft Leeds Food Strategy, be approved;

(c)  That the introduction of the food procurement guidelines at Leeds City Council, as presented at Appendix B to the submitted report, be noted.

(During the consideration of this item, Councillor Golton drew to the Board’s attention the fact that he was Vice President of Leeds Allotment Federation)