Welcome to this new podcast series from Green Alliance, the charity and think tank that's all about

achieving ambitious leadership for the environment. I'm Amy Mount and today I'm bringing you the

best bits from the second of three live debates, exploring the controversial questions about

the future of land, our food and the environment.

In this episode, what should be the priorities for UK food production after Brexit?

What are the implications of giving up control of food standards to trading partners like the US and buying more food from abroad?

Or are there opportunities to better protect the environment

and help us all eat more healthily?

Those are the big questions we put to our expert panel.

Good evening everybody.

My name is Charlotte Smith.

I hold the bundle of self-important papers.

That means that I am in charge.

And I'm hoping that the panel in particular are taking

notice of that. So our panel this evening, Anna Taylor, who is executive director of the Food Foundation,

Sir Peter Candle, who is a farmer and chair of the AHDB, Vicky Heard, campaign coordinator for

food and farming policy at Sustain. And on the end, Andrew Opie,

from the British Retail Consortium, which represents retailers. So, firstly, let's get from our

panellists. I've asked them for three brief outlines of three priorities they identify here.

Anna, I'm sorry, I'm going to start with you because you had the

foolishness to sit next to me. Thank, Charlotte. Okay, three points. My first priority really would be

to think about good quality, healthy food as being one of the public goods, which is being

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