This week’s headline figures highlight widespread public engagement with the new food strategy, a first-of-its-kind climate address to Parliament, parent demand for proper enforcement of school food standards, and the poultry industry’s heavy reliance on fast-growing chicken breeds.

400. The number of voices that have been involved in shaping the government’s new food strategy for England. This week, food minister Daniel Zeichner unveiled Labour’s plan to transform the food system which has been developed with input from farmers, businesses, citizens and food systems experts.

1. Energy secretary Ed Miliband delivered the UK Government’s first ever ‘state of climate and nature’ address to Parliament this week. Billed as an annual assessment of the climate and nature crises the UK faces and the action the government is taking in response, Miliband said the fight against climate change “is about protecting our way of life and our natural world from significant dangers”.

47%. The percentage of parents that have heard of the School Food Standards for England. The charity Chefs In Schools polled 1,000 parents on their priorities for school meals and found strong support for the government to properly enforce standards, despite many not having heard of them.

1 billion. The number of chickens reared in the UK each year using fast-growing breeds. That’s according to campaign group The Humane League UK which has written to 1,600 farmers warning they could be breaking animal welfare laws by rearing birds that grow from chick to slaughter weight in around 35 days.