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6. Actions <strong>for</strong> food production P D N Partner Mechanism Service<br />
a. Safeguard the ‘best and most versatile’<br />
agricultural land (Map 6 or local data)<br />
from development and restructuring, and<br />
promote its use <strong>for</strong> food production. Where<br />
possible, direct competing land uses <strong>to</strong><br />
other land.<br />
Local Authorities<br />
National Farmers’ Union<br />
Local Development<br />
<strong>Framework</strong>s<br />
Neighbourhood,<br />
Parish and Town Plans<br />
Single Payment<br />
Scheme<br />
b. Follow emerging advice and best<br />
practice (e.g. Farming Futures) on adapting<br />
agricultural practices <strong>for</strong> climate change,<br />
including s<strong>to</strong>ring water on farms <strong>to</strong> reduce<br />
flooding and <strong>for</strong> use during droughts,<br />
changing crop types, and the provision<br />
of field and hedgerow trees and copses<br />
<strong>to</strong> provide shade <strong>for</strong> lives<strong>to</strong>ck. Ensure<br />
that agricultural land plays its full role in<br />
providing other services.<br />
National Farmers Union<br />
Farmers<br />
FWAG<br />
Natural England<br />
Environment Agency<br />
Forestry Commission<br />
Catchment Sensitive<br />
Farming<br />
Environmental<br />
Stewardship and<br />
EWGS<br />
Energy Crops Scheme<br />
Surface water<br />
Temps<br />
Carbon<br />
River flood<br />
Species<br />
Erosion<br />
Water resources<br />
c. Develop planning policies <strong>to</strong> support<br />
urban food production. Take opportunities,<br />
including through new development and<br />
restructuring, <strong>to</strong> encourage and incorporate<br />
urban food production, through the<br />
creation of allotments, community farms<br />
and gardens, inclusion of fruit trees and<br />
bushes in<strong>to</strong> urban design, and including<br />
‘meanwhile’ and temporary uses of land.<br />
Local Authorities<br />
Community and<br />
'Friends of' Groups<br />
Developers<br />
Faiths4<strong>Change</strong><br />
BTCV<br />
Local Development<br />
<strong>Framework</strong>s<br />
CIL, S106, Planning<br />
Conditions<br />
Neighbourhood,<br />
Parish and Town Plans<br />
GI, Open Space and<br />
Tree Strategies/Plans<br />
Big Tree Plant<br />
Travel<br />
d. Encourage community and home food<br />
growing, through practical work and<br />
awareness raising programmes, including<br />
in schools, faith-based land, allotments and<br />
parks (Case Study 10).<br />
Local Authorities<br />
Schools<br />
Groundwork<br />
BTCV<br />
Community and<br />
‘Friends of’ Groups<br />
Faiths4<strong>Change</strong><br />
Wildlife Trusts<br />
Forest Schools<br />
School Food Growing<br />
Programmes<br />
RHS Schools<br />
Gardening Scheme<br />
Eco Schools<br />
Neighbourhood,<br />
Parish and Town Plans<br />
Transition Town<br />
Initiatives<br />
Keep Britain Tidy<br />
Also see actions 1a-j, 4a-c, 5b, 7b-c, and 9c which deliver this service.<br />
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