Urban health, wellbeing and food supplies are all under threat: growing more food in cities could change that

Only 3% of UK households eat homegrown fruit and vegetables. Katya_Ershova/Pixabay

A supply of fresh fruit and vegetables is crucial to a healthy nation – and to building a food system that makes us well instead of sick.

The recent target of a 30% increase in fruit and vegetable consumption in the UK by 2032, set last year by the independent National Food Strategy review, means we need to consider how these fruit and veg can be grown sustainably: and how we can encourage people to eat more of them.