Delighted to see this co-authored paper published on how family farmers are adopting silvopastoral systems with the support of participatory learning processes in the Amazon with Elisangela Sodre David Rojas Alexandre de Azevedo Olival & Marla Weihs: doi.org/10.5304/jafs... @crpr-exeter.bsky.social
“taking the least productive land out of food production, but supporting the more productive land to increase production”
Land sparing has wormed its way into policy
Ignoring many issues, eg: how we increase production & the spillover of damage from those areas
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
And this morning looking forward to see our @crpr-exeter.bsky.social colleagues talking about scientist-farmer collaborations #groundswell25
Join us for distinguished lecture 17th Dec 10.15-12.15pm by @crpr-exeter.bsky.social's Professor Michael Winter: Whatever happened to the Political Economy of Agriculture?
Lecture Theatre 1, Queens Building, Streatham Campus
10.15am - tea/coffee
10.45am - lecture
Register: tinyurl.com/4zxjz3xs
We had SUCH a great day at #groundswell25 yesterday. Thankyou so much to everyone who came to our session.
Check out this BBC Food Programme episode on the UK's reliance on horticulture production in Senegal, & the climate-related pressure in other UK supply countries (e.g. Italy, Spain) to buy up land in Senegal to do the same @crpr-exeter.bsky.social #climateadaptation www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Delighted to see this joint article out on how local businesses are shaping sustainable tourism in our Biosphere Reserves based on work with The Living Coast UNESCO Biosphere, @visitbrighton.bsky.social and local businesses on the BCHT Project. doi.org/10.1080/1461... @crpr-exeter.bsky.social
What a fun evening yesterday playing in a ceilidh with Wren Music's Devon Folk Orchestra raising money together with the Devon Inclusive Folk Ensemble for Vranch House Children's Charity. Thank you to the wonderful Jenny Read, Jon Dyer, and all the volunteers for the behind the scenes set up.
Delighted to see this article out on using interactive walkable floor maps to explore nature-based solutions with education & policy practitioners at the science-policy interface doi.org/10.1016/j.nb.... With Jeppe Læssøe, Duncan Russel, Ellen Banzhaf & Sebastian Elze
@crpr-exeter.bsky.social
Great to see @crpr-exeter.bsky.social researchers Fatma Sabet and Aoife Maher participating in the UKRI Food Commercialisation Catalyst Sandpit, hosted by Zinc in London on 2nd–3rd July. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Plans announced by environment secretary mean many upland farmers may be incentivised to stop farming
Dan Saladino investigates our growing dependence on West Africa for fresh produce.
www.bbc.co.uk
Biosphere Reserves have attracted significant attention from tourism scholars, not least for the management challenges they pose. As ‘bounded spaces’, they are defined by their shared natural and c...
I’m thrilled to share with colleagues that I was shortlisted (along with my colleague Aoife Maher in CRPR) from Exeter to participate in the prestigious UKRI Food Commercialisation Catalyst Sandpit, h...
Tomorrow, you can hear from Steve Emery (also of Rothamstead) and Catherine Broomfield (also Pasture for Life) about their work on farming-science collaborations (Thurs 10.15am, PFLA Tent). We're looking forward to getting stuck in at #groundswell25 !
CRPR members are out and about at #Groundswell25 this week. Today you can come to a listening session about our oral history work with @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social
on ag/conservation collaboration (5.30, Workshop tent) - we want to hear your thoughts!
CRPR University of Exeter
Groundswell Regenerative Agriculture Festival. Lannock Farm, Weston, Herts. Optimising the potential of farmer-scientist collaboration
CRPR members are out and about at #Groundswell25 this week. Today you can come to a listening session about our oral history work with @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social
on ag/conservation collaboration (5.30, Workshop tent) - we want to hear your thoughts!
Our @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social Collaborations team are packing bags today for #Groundswell25. Come join us (Wshop Tent, Weds, 5.30) to hear our participants' stories of how #agriculture & #conservation were separated, how we can bring them back together! #envhums
CRPR University of Exeter
Our @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social Collaborations team are packing bags today for #Groundswell25. Come join us (Wshop Tent, Weds, 5.30) to hear our participants' stories of how #agriculture & #conservation were separated, how we can bring them back together! #envhums
