Agroforestry in England: Benefits, Barriers and Opportunities (Soil Association and Woodland Trust)
Attached below is the Soil Association and Woodland Trust’s briefing (June 2018) on ‘Agroforestry in England: Benefits, Barriers and Opportunities’, which was launched and presented with a panel at an APPG on Agroecology event in…
Agroforestry trials needed to improve farm productivity post-Brexit (Farming UK)
This article was originally posted by Farming UK, and can be read here. __ Major agroforestry trials should be established during the EU withdrawal period to improve agricultural productivity and environmental protection, according to a…
APPG co-hosts panel on agroforestry with the Soil Association and Woodland Trust
On Tuesday 12th June, the APPG on Agroecology co-hosted a panel in Parliament on ‘Agroforestry: Improving Productivity and Delivering Public Goods’, with the Soil Association and the Woodland Trust. The panel, Chaired by Baroness Young…
10 elements of agroecology that can guide us toward sustainable food systems (FAO)
This article was originally published by the FAO here. More with less. This is the challenge and the mantra for our future. There will be many more of us in the years to come.…
APPG Submission to the Consultation on the Agriculture Bill’s Command Paper
Attached below is the APPG on Agroecology’s submission to Defra’s ‘Health and Harmony’ consultation on the Agriculture Bill’s Command Paper. APPG on Agroecology Submission to Health and Harmony
Farming Post Brexit
The future of Britain’s post-Brexit food and farming system was addressed in a Parliamentary event hosted by Jeremy Lefroy MP, co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming. The…
APPG: Farmers in Parliament – ‘Opportunity for Change’
The future of Britain’s post-Brexit food and farming system was addressed in a Parliamentary event hosted by Jeremy Lefroy MP, co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming. The…
Annual Report 2015-2016
The APPG on Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming combined its 2016 AGM with co-hosting an event in the House of Commons to celebrate the United Nations International Year of the Pulses. The event on…
Mainstreaming Agroecology: Implications for Global Food and Farming Systems (report launch)
World Food Day Meeting to launch The Centre for Agroecology and Food Security's discussion paper ‘Mainstreaming Agroecology: Implications for Global Food and Farming Systems’. The report has a specific focus on policy implications.
A national pollinator strategy
Agroecology provides a much-needed new approach to food and farming by looking at the systems as a whole. This includes the social and economic as well as environmental context of food production systems. The Centre…