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All the latest happenings in the world of sustainable farming
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‘Chemical cocktail’ of sewage, slurry and plastic polluting English rivers puts public health and nature at risk
UK ParliamentarticleOnly 14% of English rivers meet good ecological status, with pollution from agriculture, sewage, roads and single-use plastics contributing to a dangerous ‘chemical cocktail’ coursing...
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Funding boost for farmers to tackle water pollution
DefraarticleThere is media coverage in the Times and Daily Express today (2 August) on the government’s expansion of the popular Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) programme...
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Take part in our environmental terms survey
The Prince's Countryside FundarticleThe way UK farmers manage their businesses is changing and factoring the environment into business planning will become a priority. The Prince’s Countryside Fund, partnering...
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Head of Training and Partnerships - The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust Allerton Project
Game & Wildlife Conservation TrustarticleAn exciting opportunity for a focused Team Leader, to head up our Training and Partnership team at the Allerton Project in Loddington, Leicestershire . The...
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Northern Real Farming Conference: register your network
Northern Real Farming ConferencearticleThe Northern Real Farming Conference brings farmers together to share challenges and opportunities. It is a unique opportunity to meet the people putting new models...
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Revealing the impact of 70 years of pesticide use on European soils
DIVERFARMINGarticleAgricultural soils under conventional farming practices contain up to 10 times higher pesticide levels than soils under organic management, according to a study across Europe...
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AgriCaptureCO2 launch - Regenerating soils for climate and farmers
AgriCaptureCO2articleAgricultural soils have a big potential to capture and store carbon, when the right regenerative practices are used. However, farmers will need both support and...
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Arable Farmer Survey
Game & Wildlife Conservation TrustarticlePlease complete this survey to ensure the GWCT reflect the opinions and suggestions of those working in farming and land management across the countries involved...
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Exploring the potential for videos and podcasts as knowledge exchange tools in the future ELM schemes
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Farmer-friendly regenerative soils platform defines a new era of soil health metrics
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YEN Zero
ADASarticleThe industry commitment to reaching Net-Zero carbon emissions by 2040 will require substantial reductions in the greenhouse gas intensity of crop products, as well as...
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LEAF Open Farm Sunday announces plans for 2021
LEAFarticleLEAF (Linking Environment And Farming), organisers of the farming industry’s annual open day, LEAF Open Farm Sunday (LOFS), has announced a year-round programme of public...
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What do you think about growing pulses in UK agriculture post-BREXIT??
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IPM Resource Toolbox - input survey
articleThe EU funded IPMWorks project [H2020 project no. 101000339] will develop an online IPM Resource Toolbox. This toolbox will enable farmers, advisors and researchers across...
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RABI extends support for farmers with new wellbeing initiative
articleRABI extends support for farmers with new wellbeing initiative Charity’s evolving strategy aims to reach more farming people With 2020 bringing ever greater levels of...
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New film championing organic – coming soon!
articleJanuary 21st 2021 will see the release of an explosive new film which exposes how we must urgently change the ways that we farm and...
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"I pay tribute to the work of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Nature Friendly Farming and Agricology"
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360 Scientists Call for a Transition to Agroecology
articleOver 360 scientists from 42 countries—led by the University of Göttingen and Westlake University China—call for transition of food production systems to agroecological principles.
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Agroecology in the Agriculture Bill
articleFollowing a briefing given to a number of Peers ahead of the House of Lords debate on the Agriculture Bill, the the word “agroecological” has...
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Agricology Partners Rally to Respond to COVID-19
articlePRESS RELEASE AGRICOLOGY PARTNERS RALLY TO SHARE PRACTICAL, SUSTAINABLE FARMING TECHNIQUES IN THE WAKE OF CORONAVIRUS SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES Thursday 16th April 2020 The rapidly...
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LEAF Podcast: Interview with Caroline Drummond
articleLEAF's Chief Executive Caroline Drummond talks about the Global Pandemic and its wider impact on the indistry. Listen to the Podcast HERE . For more...
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COVID-19 Agricology Response
articleThe evolving situation with COVID-19 has lead to rapid changes in how people communicate and connect with one another. These are extraordinary and challenging times...
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Update on Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus Research
Game & Wildlife Conservation TrustarticleThis year will be the first that neonicotinoid seed dressings will no longer be routinely applied to cereal crops following their ban last year. This...
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Soil Farmer of the Year Announced
Farm Carbon Cutting ToolkitarticleJulian Gold, an arable farmer from Oxfordshire has been announced as the winner of the 2019 Soil Farmer of the Year. The competition, now in...
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Darren Doherty Comes to the UK
Ragmans FarmarticleRagmans Farm are hosting Darren Doherty - a key regenerative agriculture trainer based in Australia, in Gloucestershire this June. The main themes are taking Permaculture...
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Records Smashed in 2019 Big Farmland Bird Count
Game and Wildlife Conservation TrustarticleA FANTASTIC effort from farmers have helped secure a best-ever year for the Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC). Results show 1,400 people – a 40%...
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Tributes paid to ‘inspirational’ agricultural innovator who created test farm in Suffolk
Martin WolfearticleA celebrated academic and agricultural pioneer with a deep-rooted belief in the need to embrace sustainable methods has died at the age of 81 in...
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Martin Wolfe Tribute
articleProfessor Martin Wolfe was a great friend and mentor to us. A true pioneer, Martin pursued his research into agroforestry, co-cropping, crop populations, new crop...