Issue - decisions
West Oxfordshire Food Action Plan
08/03/2024 - West Oxfordshire Food Action Plan
Councillor Joy Aitman, Executive Member for Stronger, Healthy Communities, introduced the report, which presented the action plan produced by the Food Action Working Group (West Oxfordshire), noting the actions attributed to the Council. The plan was one of five district-specific action plans being produced as part of the Oxfordshire Food Strategy.
In debate, the Executive thanked the ongoing work of officers for producing a thorough plan and thanked local partners for their own commitments made in relation to the plan. The Executive referred to the difficult position that partners had been put in by a lack of funding received from central government.
The Executive also highlighted the important partnership working model with local partners across the district, including Cotswold National Landscape, Abingdon & Witney College, Oxfordshire County Council, Good Food Oxfordshire and the North East Cotswolds Farm Cluster.
Councillor Joy Aitman proposed that the Executive agree to the recommendations as listed on the report. This was seconded by Councillor Lidia Arciszewska, was put to a vote, and was unanimously agreed by the Executive.
The Executive Resolved to:
- Endorse the Food Action Plan (West Oxfordshire) attached at Annex A of the original report;
- Approve the actions attributed to the Council as set out in paragraph 3.5 of the original report.