Our impact: transforming food, farming and nature
We work to transform the way we eat, farm and care for our natural world. From healthier school meals and nature-friendly farming to national policy change and trusted organic standards, our work delivers measurable impact for people, climate and nature. Together, with your support, we are a force for nature.
We are living through a time of unprecedented, interconnected crises - a nature emergency, a climate emergency, a health crisis and a cost-of-living crisis. How we produce and eat food sits at the heart of all of them.
At Soil Association, we believe agroecological and organic system change is essential to building a better future: one with good health, thriving nature and a safe, stable climate.
Together with our members, partners and supporters, we work to transform the way we eat, farm and care for our natural world to create lasting change.
Impact report 2024-25
Published 01 Jan 0001
Read our 2024-25 impact report - covering a big year for for climate, nature and health.
Our impact, by area
Discover how our work contributes to healthier food, nature-friendly farming, a safe climate and lasting system change, from local action to national policy. The figures below are from our 2024 to 2025 impact year.
Nature and climate
We protect and restore nature while tackling the climate crisis. Our work helps reduce pollution, safeguard wildlife and landscapes, and support long-term environmental resilience through higher standards, better land management and practical climate action.
In the year 2024-25:
Food
We work to make good food accessible to all. Our programmes support schools, caterers, local authorities and communities to improve access to healthy, sustainable food and build better food environments where people live, learn and work.
We also challenge food systems that prioritise ultra-processed foods, using evidence and practical standards to support a shift towards freshly prepared, nutritious meals.
In the year 2024-25:
Farming and forestry
We work with farmers and foresters to support practical, nature-friendly farming. Our work helps farmers improve animal welfare, adopt better ways of caring for the land, and use new tools and research to farm more sustainably. We share learning widely so proven approaches can be adopted and scaled.
In the year 2024-25:
Policy and system change
We work to change the systems that shape how food is grown, sold and eaten. Progress goes beyond individual choices - working with businesses, policymakers and producers to align standards, policy and market demand. In 2024-25, some of our key achievements included:
we helped shape national food and farming policy by securing formal recognition of organic and agroecological farming in government plans, including funded Organic Action Plans and future farming schemes across the UK
we secured stronger environmental protections through campaigning that led to a High Court ruling, changing how intensive poultry farming is regulated to better protect rivers and local environments
we influenced national debates on diet and health by providing evidence to parliamentary inquiries, helping push ultra-processed food and access to healthier diets higher up the policy agenda
Setting trusted standards
Trusted standards are essential for a food and farming system people can believe in. Through our subsidiary Soil Association Certification Limited, we set and uphold high organic and sustainability standards that go beyond the legal minimum.
Creating the conditions for organic to succeed
By improving how food is produced and served, supporting farmers to farm with nature, protecting the environment, and shaping policy and markets, we help create the conditions that organic farming needs to thrive.
This joined-up approach across food, farming, nature and policy, helps build confidence for farmers, businesses and decision-makers. It creates a stable, growing market for organic produce.