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Scotland | Organic Farming, Agroforestry Best for Emissions Reductions
Researchers studied 37 different measures to help Scottish Agriculture reduce its carbon footprint. Here’s what they found. […]
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What Happened when an Archaeologist Started Goat Farming?
” I could analyze Big Data sets, linking changes in the physical landscape to natural and cultural processes, but how on earth a farmer knows where, when and what to plant remained a mystery. ” And so began an archaeologist’s trip into goat farming… […]
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What Happened when a Tractor Farmer Protester came to WHES?
“I think we can take a white sheet of paper and draw a new picture for agriculture.” TIlo Von Donner of Landschafft Verbindung spoke at Soup and Talk, at WHES2020. So what else did he say? […]
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Ag Commissioner Wojciechowski – Hope Springs Eternal?
In this opinion piece from Justyna Zwolińska, who hails from Janusz Wojciechowski’s home country of Poland, we hear some reasons for optimism about the recently appointed Commissioner: both his previous track record and his initial musings give cause for hope, Zwolińska contends. […]
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Shifting Subsidies in Switzerland – the Clean Drinking Water Initiative.
Switzerland is well known for holding referendums. A new one that’s coming up asks for a change in subsides to farmers, towards supporting more ecological priorities. If the Clean Drinking Water Initiative passes, payments will go to farmers who don’t use pesticides or antibiotics, and who carry lower livestock numbers on their farms. Klaus Lans has more. […]
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CETA Puts Pressure on Precautionary Principle, Glyphosate Implicated
According to internal documents Canadian diplomats have used secret CETA-committees to weaken European regulation on glyphosate. Hans Wetzels reports. […]
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How Gardeners are Reclaiming Agriculture from Industry, One Seed at a Time
Agriculture has changed significantly in the past century. Bigger machines, bigger farms and bigger budgets allow fewer farmers to produce more food. Changes in science and policy have also resulted in an industry in which power over what we grow and eat is increasingly held by very few. How have gardeners and seed savers responded? […]
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Less is More: Upland Farming Economics
A new report using economic research from 46 farms aims to improve understanding of the underlying economics of upland farming, and how this can be improved to both benefit the environment and increase the financial resilience of these businesses. […]
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Comparing Organic, Agroecological and Regenerative Farming part 2 – Agroecology
In this new three part series we present an analysis by Dr. Andrea Beste on the similarities, differences and synergies between the organic, agroecological and regenerative farming movements. Part two here outlines the history and current status of agroecology. A German version of the entire series is also available below. […]
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Beyond the Nitrogen Impasse for Dutch Farmers
Big corporations, with a vested interest in an export-orientated, highly intensive model of farming, have given financial support to the Boeren Protests that have swept the Netherlands. However this intensive model is coming under increasing criticism from farmers who are being asked to do an array of sometimes contradictory things. Disparate groups are now coming together to offer ways out of this impasse. Part 2 from Hans Wetzels. […]
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CAP | External Convergence, Newer Member States and the MFF
From a central and east European perspective, equalisation of CAP payments between all member states is long overdue. What is the background to this expectation, and how likely or desirable is it now, with Wojciechowski as Commissioner? […]
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Greece | How is the Back to the Land Movement Now?
In the wake of the economic crisis and harsh austerity measures that followed, young Greeks flocked to the countryside to take up farming. How are these urban escapees years later? Hans Wetzels reports from the Mediterranean country. […]
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Climate Chaos and Land Use: Act Now or Face Irreversible Losses
The longer we delay mitigation measures, the higher the costs and risks for the functions and services our land ecosystems provide, warns the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land Use. If we want to keep warming below 1.5°C, land use must be part of the equation. Louise Kelleher unpacks the findings. […]
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Agroecology Europe Forum | What is this Thing called Agroecology?
What is this Thing called Agroecology? ARC2020’s Oliver Moore attended the 2nd Agroecology Europe Forum at the end of September. In this second of three reports from the event, he ponders the triad – science, practice and movement – and wonders how they – and other elements – intersect. Featuring audio from a number of participants. […]