Conservative MP and green campaigner Zac Goldsmith has called on ministers to kick-start a revolution in eating habits by guaranteeing that the government and public sector's £2 billion annual food budget be spent to ensure that all schools, hospitals and care homes begin using healthy and sustainable food.

According to the Guardian, the taskforce led by Goldsmith is urging the government to reorganise public sector food procurement in order to boost agriculture, reduce food miles, limit dependence on international supplies and improve the quality of food eaten by UK consumers.

According to its unpublished final report, changes could be cost-neutral or even save money and would mean that meals produced in the NHS, local councils, schools, care homes and Whitehall departments, as well as prisons and the armed forces, could be much healthier by containing less salt and saturated fat and always including fruit and vegetables.

Goldsmith said that he soon hoped to meet ministers at DEFRA in order to discuss the report.