◆ Open data

Vital Pulse data downloads

Every published Vital Pulse reading is open data, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0). Free use for academic, journalistic and non-commercial purposes. Commercial integrations move to Tier 2 Commercial Research Partner pricing once that tier opens; the public dashboard and API stay free.

Citation

If you use Vital Pulse data in a publication, cite it as:

Vitagri Org Ltd. (2026). UK Food System Vital Pulse Index, [year] [quarter].
Methodology version [x]. Retrieved from https://vitagri.org/vital-pulse/.
Licensed CC-BY 4.0.

Once the methodology paper is published, the formal academic citation replaces this string.

API endpoints

Live machine-readable access:

/api/vital-pulse/current — current reading (composite + six pillars, with velocity fields)
/api/vital-pulse/timeseries?indicator=vp — composite history
/api/vital-pulse/timeseries?indicator=soil-health-trajectory — per-pillar history
/api/vital-pulse/methodology — current methodology document
/api/vital-pulse/panel — methodology panel composition
/api/vital-pulse/ticker — live evidence ticker

Full specification: API documentation. CORS is permissive (Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *) so the API is embeddable from any origin.

Monthly readings

Each published monthly reading is downloadable as JSON (full structured response) and CSV (one row per pillar per month, with velocity fields).

Month	Composite VPI	Direction	JSON	CSV
No real readings yet. List populates once the first reading is published.

Annual flagship reports

The annual flagship report is published mid-January each year, summarising the twelve monthly readings of the previous calendar year, including velocity trajectories and pillar highlights. Each annual report is downloadable as PDF + CSV. Archive lives at /vital-pulse/annual-report/.