Growing Food Security Through Allotments

In an era of rising food prices, supply chain uncertainty, and growing environmental pressure, food security has never been more crucial. 

Basket of home grown veg
Across the UK, thousands of local heroes are quietly cultivating a solution — on their allotments.

What Is Food Security?

Food security means having reliable access to enough safe, nutritious, and affordable food to live a healthy life. It’s not just about what’s on supermarket shelves — it’s about where that food comes from, how it’s grown, and whether our food systems can withstand shocks such as extreme weather, economic pressures, or global crises.

Recent research highlights just how urgent this challenge is. The
Roadmap for Resilience: A UK Food Plan for 2050, developed  by the 
Agri-Food for Net Zero (AFN) Network+ warns that if we do not act now, the UK will be forced to react to crises — from food price shocks to climate disasters — rather than proactively shaping our future. The report, backed by input from over 150 scientists and industry professionals, calls for
radical transformation in farming, land use, and diets at a scale not seen
since the Second World War.

freshly picked veg