Publishing the Agricultural Transition Plan
Today the government publishes the Agricultural Transition Plan (ATP). It represents the biggest shift in farm policy for 50 years.
Janet Hughes
Janet Hughes was the Programme Director for the Farming and Countryside Programme (FCP) between 2020 and 2025.
Janet is now Director General of Civil Service Reform and Efficiency in the Cabinet Office.
This is us, working in the open
We're the team working on the Future of Farming programme, which is all about how farming policy will change over the next 7 years. We'll use this blog to share our work. We'll post regular updates, some about the big, important announcements but mostly about smaller steps we take along the way.
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