We are the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. We are responsible for
improving and protecting the environment, growing the green economy, sustaining thriving
rural communities and supporting our world-class food, farming and fishing industries.
We work closely with our 33 agencies and arm’s-length bodies on our ambition to make our
air purer, our water cleaner, our land greener and our food more sustainable. Our mission is to
restore and enhance the environment for the next generation, and to leave the environment in a
better state than we found it