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Rural Dialogues | Not Necessarily Money – farm renewal and (inter)generational considerations

October 29, 2019 ARC

How do farms pass on between the generations in a way that respects the needs of older and younger people? Share Conway and colleagues argue for an approach that allows older farmers to maintain and sustain normal day to day activity and behaviour on their farms in later life, whilst also ‘releasing the reins’ to allow for the necessary delegation of managerial responsibilities and ownership of the family farm to their successors. […]

Rural Dialogues | The Three Conditions of Sustainable Rural Digitalisation

October 24, 2019 Gianluca Brunori

Gianluca Brunori argues that access, design and complexity are three conditions that define how rural digitalisation is unfolding, and if rural digitalisation is in line with the sustainable development goals. Building on this base, through Responsible Research and Innovation the DESIRA project will help society and political bodies respond to the challenges digitalisation generates in rural areas, agriculture and forestry. […]

Rural Dialogues | Culture as Connection in Rural Europe

September 29, 2019 Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins

Rural places are peopled places – and people have and need cultural life. Culture can include heritage and the arts, the activities we enjoy, the food we eat, and the language we speak. Since these things matter in all our lives, they matter for all the places where we live, too. But talk about rural renaissance can often miss making cultural connections. […]

Rural Dialogues | Ruralization: Finding Frontiers for Rural Regeneration

September 15, 2019 Aisling Murtagh

Repositioning rural areas in response to problems of decline means overcoming complex, interconnected challenges. The RURALIZATION project is exploring innovative ways to overcome issues of rural regeneration and support generational renewal. […]

Interview with Mary Reynolds | Acts of Restorative Kindness (ARK)

September 13, 2019 ARC

Having won the biggest awards in Landscape Gardening including the Chelsea Flower Show, had a Hollywood movie made about her (Dare to be Wild), and been commissioned for some of the most striking and creative landscaping projects in Ireland, Mary Reynolds stopped being a landscape gardener. So what came next? (Hint – its different to ARC – its an ARK!) […]

Rural Dialogues | Smart Villages: How to Make Them Really Work

September 11, 2019 Edina Ocaso

How are smart villages different from and add value to existing initiatives and policy tools? Edina Ocsko proposes practical steps to develop policies in support of multi-funded integrated smart village strategies. […]

Rural Dialogues | Stochastic System Collapse Part 2 – the Social and Solidarity Economy Alternative

September 5, 2019 ARC

In part one, we outlined just how bad the situation is regarding climate and biodiversity collapse, as well as the people-driven responses to this – from extinction rebellion to the school strikes. Beyond these alarm-raising direct action initiatives, what is there out there to become the system change that’s so clearly needed? Here in part 2 we introduce the social and solidarity economy, and the interesting lessons we can learn from separatist movements from the past and present, from Quebec to Ireland. […]

Rural Dialogues | Stochastic System Collapse Part 1

September 4, 2019 Oliver Moore

Just how bad are the twin climate and biodiversity crises, and what is anyone doing about it? The first of a two parter on the topic from ARC2020’s Oliver Moore. […]

UK | RSA Report finds ‘Our Future in the Land’ should be Agroecological

September 4, 2019 Oliver Moore

One of the few bright spots of Brexit is the opportunity the UK now has to rewrite its agri-food and rural rules. The RSA’s report ‘Our Future in the Land’ gives some indication of what such a food and farming future might look like. The outcome? Agroecology! […]

Agriculture Atlas | Hitting Targets, Missing Goals

July 15, 2019 EditorialARC2020

No other part of the economy is so deeply influenced by European Union rules as farming, which is subject to the Common Agricultural Policy, or CAP. Agriculture covers 175 million hectares of Europe and shapes the landscape like no other activity. […]

Rural Dialogues | Smart Villages – Turning Momentum into Support for Local Action

July 15, 2019 ARC

The momentum behind Smart Villages continues to grow – both within EU and national policy circles and on the ground among rural communities. The challenge is to translate this momentum into a policy framework that provides fast and flexible tools which meet the needs and expectations of rural communities in different parts of Europe. This will mean avoiding complicated structures and plans, mobilising what exists in each place – and supporting local action rather than words. […]

Brussels | Farmers, Environmentalists tackle EU-Mercosur Deal

July 12, 2019 Brendan Ó Conchúir (Brendan Conchuir)

Several organisation representing farmers and environmentalists came together in Brussels to protest against the Mercosur trade deal yesterday. Responding to a call from the Belgian farmers group FUGEA, farmers and activists gathered outside the European Commission to protest against the threat posed by Mercosur to farmer incomes, the environment, and the rights of indigenous peoples in South America. […]

Letter from a Farm | Saving Carrottop – the Life of a Cow in Mayo

July 9, 2019 Sinéad Moran

We’re back on Sineád Moran’s farm in Mayo, Ireland to meet her stock. Sineád introduces her cows and some of the struggles they have been facing over the last two years. It brings up questions about farmer’s knowledge and learning to trust your instinct. But really caring for your cows takes time and energy, something not all farmers can afford. […]

UK | Chapter 5: Enhancing Farm Animal Welfare

June 24, 2019 Stuart Meikle

Brexit is coming at a time when there is probably more consumer awareness of animal welfare than ever before. There should be no question of British animal-welfare standards changing with the UK leaving the EU. […]

Rural Dialogues | Peasants of Nature – French Initiative Reconciles Agriculture & Biodiversity

June 20, 2019 Claire Bernardin

There are farmers interested in the environment, and environmentalists interested in farming…and now, there are environmentalists who have started to farm in a way that speaks to their values. Meet France’s Peasants of Nature. […]