For wood, wood products and bark, you’ll need to provide the Forestry Commission with original phytosanitary certificates within 3 days (or as soon as possible) of the consignment arriving in Great Britain. UK Climate Risk Independent Assessment, ‘Technical Report: Chapter 3: Natural Environment and Assets’, https://www.ukclimaterisk.org/independent-assessment-ccra3/technical-report/. ↩

You need a phytosanitary certificate to export some fruit and vegetables from Great Britain to the EU. In terms of land and energy use, there is also an opportunity cost when feeding these calories to animals rather than directly to humans, considering a substantial proportion are cereals and other high protein and energy crops. Reducing their use as feed crops would free up land and resources for other land uses. However, animal feed can play a role in making use of surplus foodstuffs that would otherwise be wasted. There may also be opportunities for novel feedstuffs for animals that could be more efficient, such as insect protein. Agritourism takes place all around the world, with more and more agritourism businesses popping up all the time. Here are some examples: Agritourism in the Philippines Horticultural inspectors are continuing to assess fruit and vegetables travelling in transit from non-EU countries through the EU to Great Britain to: PLANT HEALTH & HMI IMPORTS / HMI EXPORTS - USER GUIDE TO PRE-NOTIFICATION ON PEACH Updated: 08/09/2023 Contentsat least 4 working hours before the goods land in Great Britain, for air and ‘roll-on-roll-off’ freight Measuring the land area in production gives a sense of the place of food production in overall land use. The definition of land used for agricultural production includes arable, horticultural, uncropped arable, common rough grazing, grassland (temporary and permanent), and land for outdoor pigs, but not woodland or other non-agricultural land. HMI and SASA will inspect all green banana imports from the EU routinely, in the same way as non-EU imports pre-notification – you must give the responsible authority advance notice each time you import regulated plants and plant products from the EU to Great Britain

The UK has a commitment to UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 and the Courtauld Commitment 2030 to reduce per capita food system waste by 50% by 2030 (alongside targets on greenhouse gas emissions and water use). [footnote 9] Compared to the 2007 baseline, total per capita food waste had reduced by 20% by 2018, and 27% if ‘inedible parts’ are excluded. Climate change could have an impact, with extreme weather events, pests, diseases, and warmer temperatures all risks for increased food waste in production and the supply chain, unless adaptations are put in place. Indicator 2.2.3 Household food waste HeadlinesIf you import fruit and vegetables from the EU into Great Britain, you also need to follow the quality and labelling rules. Regulated and notifiable high-priority goods In meat, milk, and eggs, the UK produces roughly equivalent volume to what it consumes. In 2020 it produced 61kg of meat, 227L of milk and 172 eggs per person per year. By value, the UK is a net importer of dairy and beef. This reflects UK consumer preferences for eating higher value products, while lower value products are exported. if you’re importing into England and Wales, use the Procedure for Electronic Application for Certificates from the Horticultural Marketing Inspectorate ( PEACH) system For details of what plant material is subject to plant health controls see the The Horticultural Marketing Inspectorate ( HMI) inspects imports in England and Wales. Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture ( SASA) inspects imports in Scotland.