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…
Oxford Real Farming Conference 2019: Ten years on, it’s into the mainstream | Sustainable Food Trust
This article by Alicia Miller first appeared on the Sustainable Food Trust website, it can be accessed here. – Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Michael Gove’s repeat appearance this year…
Back to the land: rethinking our approach to soil | CPRE
This report from CPRE calls for a radical rethink of farming practices and soil management in order to help regenerate the soils that underpin our supply of food and environment. It sets out practical ways…
Bringing Agroecology into the UK Agriculture Bill – Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience
This article was originally posted on Agroecologynow, at http://www.agroecologynow.com/agroeco-uk-2018/ __ Bringing Agroecology into the UK Agriculture Bill Agroecological approaches to agriculture improve rural livelihoods, regenerate ecologies and increase the resiliency of communities, while providing healthy and…
Including animal to plant protein shifts in climate change mitigation policy: a proposed three-step strategy – Helen Harwatt
Full text available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14693062.2018.1528965
Food, Water and Society: An Analytical Framework
Written by Brendan Bromwich, Tony Allan, Tony Colman, and Martin Keulertz, originally published in The Oxford Handbook of Food, Water and Society (May 2018). A PDF of the complete article is attached below.
Why agroecology should be part of the future of UK farming – Lush
This article was originally published by Ben Davis on Lush.co.uk, and can be accessed here. __ The UK’s post-EU Agricultural Bill – released as a draft in September – is now passing through the…
Future Policy Award 2018 crowns best policies on agroecology and sustainable food systems
This article was originally posted on the World Future Council’s website here. ___ The “100% organic state” Sikkim in India wins Gold. Policies from Brazil, Denmark and Ecuador honoured with Silver Awards Hamburg/Rome, 12 October…