"The report has a lot of good points, but it has all the hallmarks of something which came out two months too early. Some of its rhetoric is naive and disjointed. The report fails in that it does not identify key elements of concern to agriculture. I like the word reconnect which is used in the report. Every section, not just the farmers, must do that, to shorten the food chain and bring efficiencies" Ben Gill, president, National Farmers' Union "My main concern is that the report proposes a significant programme of change, especially with regard to the farming industry. This does not happen without leadership and the government needs to provide that leadership" Bill Moyes, director general, British Retail Consortium "There is plenty to be done by government as well as the industry if we are to bring about the commission's vision of a profitable and sustainable food industry in this country" Sylvia Jay, director general, Food and Drink Federation "The overall strategy outlined by it leads in the right direction ­ it is not a mechanics document. Given the timescale and diversity of interests involved in the commission, coming to any kind of consensus was nothing short of a miracle." Kevin Hawkins, communications director, Safeway "We agree with the commission that the key message is reconnection. But the most important reconnection is with the customer and the consumer" Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Tesco group corporate affairs director "The report could produce far reaching changes and be of enormous benefit, if it is implemented properly" Soil Association director Patrick Holden "Some wholesalers will regard this report as a missed opportunity because Sir Don ignored our fears. Wholesalers will look to any IGD engineered body to channel government money to lubricate the channel for local produce to be sold in local independent stores" Alan Toft, director general, Federation of Wholesale Distributors "The Curry commission urges ministers to act on the MLC's plans. We have already prepared the groundwork and we are ready to move. But with the industry flat on its back, real government funds are needed to prime this, and there is no doubt that the red meat sector is a special case as the commission recognises" Peter Barr, chairman, Meat and Livestock Commission {{NEWS }}