Councils should be banned from selling off county farms | Farmers Guardian
This article was published in the Farmers Guardian following our session on the future of county farms, you can access the original here. Labour’s Shadow Farming Minister David Drew has said councils should be banned…
County farms must improve opportunity for tenant progression | Farmers Weekly
This article in the Farmers Weekly followed our session on the future of county farms, you can access the original here. County councils need to create more opportunities for tenants to progress to larger units…
‘It’s a groundswell’: the farmers fighting to save the Earth’s soil | Guardian
This article was first published on the Guardian, you can access the original here. John Cherry bends down and takes a handful of soil in his hands, brings it up to his face and breathes…
Environment groups resign from government’s pesticides forum | Farmers Weekly
This article was originally published on the Farmers Weekly, it can be accessed here. The RSPB and a number of other environmental groups have resigned from the government’s pesticides forum, claiming voluntary efforts to reduce…
A Living Countryside – The Land Politics behind the Dutch Agroecology Movement | TNI
This long read was first published on TNI, the original is available here. Against the backdrop of an agrarian landscape that has become more homogenous, sterile and empty over the past 50 years, a new…
Organic farming mitigates climate change | Sustain
This article was originally posted on Sustain’s website, you can access the original here. New research shows that long-term organically farmed soils emit 40 percent less greenhouse gases per hectare than conventionally farmed soils. Agriculture…
‘Well-Being Wales’ – Agroecological Food and Farming Transitions | Food Manifesto Wales
This article by Sam Packer was first posted on Food Manifesto Wales, you can access the original here. Farmers know a thing or two about the weather, and it’s clear that the winds are changing…
Why new CAP must place small sustainable producers at the centre | European Coordination Via Campesina
A new report published by a network of European grassroots civil society organisations calls for a Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) and wider policy framework that explicitly favours small-scale sustainable producers and re-localisation of food supply-chains,…
The UK’s biodiversity crash | Ecologist
This article by Rob Percival (Head of Food and Health Policy at the Soil Association) was originally published on the Ecologist, it can be accessed here. – The UK government will launch a global and…
Ten Years for Agroecology in Europe | Soil Association
This article first appeared on the Soil Association website, it can be accessed here. – Europe could be farmed entirely through agroecological approaches such as organic and still feed a growing population, a new scientific…