Chair of the 2030 agri-food strategy Tom Arnold. We need to get to a point where there's a greater level of trust and mutual respect between farmers and environmentalists, chair of the 2030 agri-food strategy Tom Arnold has said. “This probably has to be done on the basis that there is a clear recognition that the agri-food sector is actually a serious contributor to solving the climate crisis, both in terms of reducing emissions, increasing carbon sequestration and dealing with renewable energy,” Arnold said. “On the other side of the fence, I think there has to be a recognition that there has to be an equivalence between economic, environmental, and social sustainability.