National Trust members to vote on making cafe food 50% plant-based

A National Trust spokesperson emphasised that the charity was ‘keeping dairy, eggs and meat on the menu, and continuing to work closely with farmers’. Photograph: incamerastock/Alamy

National Trust members are being invited to vote on a plan to make 50% of the food in its cafes vegan and vegetarian as part of the charity’s commitment to reach net zero by 2030.

Cafe menus at the trust’s 280 historic sites are already 40% plant-based. Now, the trust’s 2.6 million members will get to vote on whether the charity should gradually increase this figure to 50% over the next two years.