Weekly News Edit // 6th July 2026
The commercial question isn't whether your business is engaged with soil health, resilience or nature-positive supply chains. It's whether you can evidence it: what's actually changing on farm, how farmers are being supported and where that investment is showing up as value rather than cost.
That question ran through conversations at Groundswell last week, where Future Food Movement joined farmers from our Farmer-Led Working Group and wider network. You can read our Groundswell follow-up here.
That same need for evidence is now shaping policy. Future Food Movement is partnering with The Food Foundation on the Good Food Bill survey to help ensure the realities facing food businesses are part of the conversation.
Here are the signals shaping that shift:
Regenerative farming moves from ambition to proof First Milk’s new white paper argues that evidence is key to unlocking the value of regenerative farming. For food businesses, the signal is clear: resilience, soil health and nature-positive claims will increasingly need to be backed by credible data, farmer experience and measurable outcomes. Read more: First Milk
Heat stress brings farmer resilience into focus Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit perspectives on the UK heatwave include views from Chris Manley, part of Future Food Movement’s Farmer-Led Working Group and Food Systems Accelerator coach. His contribution brings the climate resilience conversation back to lived farm reality, where heat stress affects crops, livestock, soils and day-to-day decision-making. In the Accelerator, Chris will explore how climate change, decarbonisation and geopolitical shifts are reshaping supply chains, cost and resilience. Read more: Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit
The businesses ignoring this shift are the ones taking the bigger gamble Future Food Movement's follow-up from Groundswell argues that the bigger commercial risk isn't changing how we farm. It's continuing with models that are becoming less resilient. For food businesses, regenerative agriculture can't afford to linger on positioning. The real questions are competitiveness, supply security and long-term value. The case increasingly comes down to managing price volatility in key commodities, not brand image. Read the full argument: Future Food Movement
Farmer adoption shows momentum behind regenerative practice Barclays’ findings that half of British farmers are now farming regeneratively suggest adoption is becoming more mainstream. The next question is how businesses support consistency, evidence and value creation across different farming systems. Read more: The Grocer
Finance begins to move behind food and nature resilience The launch of the Food & Nature Resilience Fund by Lloyds Banking Group and Wildfarmed points to a new phase of investment in regenerative farming. This shows how transition will depend not only on ambition, but on funding models that help farmers and supply chains move in practice. Read more: LinkedIn
Soil health becomes a platform for collaboration Future Food Movement member Waitrose, alongside Yeo Valley Organic and Wildfarmed, is a founding partner of the Centre for Dynamic Soils. The collaboration shows soil health moving from farm-level practice into a shared supply chain priority, where evidence, long-term partnerships and farmer engagement will be key to building resilience from the ground up. Read more: LinkedIn
Pulses move into the UK resilience conversation A new project exploring whether beans and lentils could future-proof UK farming highlights the role of crop diversification in resilience. For businesses, pulses connect domestic production, protein transition, soil health and consumer demand in one practical opportunity. Read more: The Grocer
Fibre gap creates a practical health opportunity The British Nutrition Foundation’s latest update on dietary fibre highlights the barriers and opportunities around closing the UK fibre gap. For food businesses, this points to a practical health agenda where reformulation, product design and clearer consumer communication can support better outcomes. Read more: British Nutrition Foundation