Co-creating the conditions for urban and peri-urban agroecology to thrive in the UK.
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Urban Agriculture Consortium retweeted
Trees are the largest plants that have evolved on earth: They have been around for over 350 million years. Over time, many different species of trees have evolved, more than 60,000 in total. Researchers have counted the most different species in Brazil, Colombia and Indonesia.π
Urban Agriculture Consortium retweeted
Long-term food security depends on nature & climate recovery, not ever cheaper food.
Voters don't want this either. They want a gov who will act to ensure healthy, sustainable & fairly produced food is accessible to everyone.
#TheFoodConversation #Lab23
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Urban Agriculture Consortium retweeted
βWhat do they think Iβm going to do with the cattle while all this work is carried out? Put them in a drawer?β
π sustainablefoodtrust.org/newβ¦
Urban Agriculture Consortium retweeted
We @UKsustain are working nationally to understand opportunities for #community food enterprises and promote social investment via our @goodfood_ent project supported by @BarrowCadbury. Read our 1st case study on Stafford Hall Pantry with @Hornbeamcafe sustainweb.org/good-food-entβ¦
Urban Agriculture Consortium retweeted
The food grid is failing us, farmers and the environment. It's leaking wealth, badly. Why we are in this mess and 9 ways to sort it. Blog by @vickihird @UKsustain
#foodsystems #wealth #supermarkets #Grocerycode sustainweb.org/blogs/aug23-wβ¦
Urban Agriculture Consortium retweeted
We have subsidised a number of tickets to the Organic Growers Gathering to allow access to this fantastic three-day event for those on lower incomes, farm volunteers, farm interns, and agricultural apprentices.
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Urban Agriculture Consortium retweeted
Seed companies took control of our farms β now weβre taking it back!! β¦@wickedleeksmagβ© talking #seedsovereignty wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/β¦
Urban Agriculture Consortium retweeted
Only government can be surprised - when farmers used less chemical fertiliser, crop yields rose! Nitrate fertiliser is a pollutant. First made in bomb factories, the US unleashed it to disrupt sustainable farming everywhere. Is 'green revolution' the greatest scam of all time?
Urban Agriculture Consortium retweeted
πNature's Lexicon: Unlocking the enigmatic language of #biodiversityπ±
Fostering agrobiodiversity is crucial for many reasons:
πFood security
πClimate resilience
πEcosystem services
But whatβs the definition of agrobiodiversity?π€
According to @IPBES β¬οΈ
Via @IPBES
Urban Agriculture Consortium retweeted
Food price rises fuelled by huge fertiliser company profits- new research shows @tommlancaster @ECIU_UK sustainweb.org/news/jul23-feβ¦
Urban Agriculture Consortium retweeted
Extreme weather: the climate crisis in four charts theguardian.com/environment/β¦
#PlanetaryEmergency
Urban Agriculture Consortium retweeted
"Moving away from producing high-quality, nature-friendly food for the local community is soul-destroying"
Robert @EscleyBrook shares his experience of being forced to close his family's highly biodiverse farm business @FarmersWeekly @realfarming
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Urban Agriculture Consortium retweeted
Our webinar on agroforestry is just around the corner, and there are still tickets left.
We'll be joined by agroforestry experts Andy Dibben and @Ben_Raskin who will be talking about how to set up an agroforestry system on your own site.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/638901400β¦
Urban Agriculture Consortium retweeted
NEW funding for small scale food and farming
πAPPLY BY 7 JULYπ
We have launched the next phase of @LEAProgramme funding with Β£1.5 million available to support UK agroecological & community food businesses. Please register your interest as soon as poss!
realfarming.org/programmes/lβ¦
Urban Agriculture Consortium retweeted
The Importance of Plant Health youtu.be/Oqsie53g3xQ How Healthy Plants Create Healthy Soil via @AdvancingEcoAg @johnkempf @regeneration_in
cc. @SusFoodTrust @CSUChicoRegenAg @ireland_farming
Urban Agriculture Consortium retweeted
The #magical #fungi is back with more research that sheds light on 1/3rd of carbon storage, by nature's own design.
#Biodiversity
@wrathofgnon @EWestaway @MicrobiomDigest
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Urban Agriculture Consortium retweeted
This report is essential reading for everyone interested in child nutrition - policymakers, parents, teachers, clinicians. It draws together a huge body of evidence about the effect of UPF on child health.
π’Sharing our new policy report on #UltraProcessedFoods in the diets of πΆπ¦π§ in the UK. Concerningly we find that #UPFs exist in all commercial baby & toddler food categories & among foods targeted at pre-schoolers. See firststepsnutrition.org/chilβ¦ #BabyFood #ChildHealth #Nutrition
Urban Agriculture Consortium retweeted
Grainiacs assemble! Farmers, millers, bakers and other non-commodity grain enthusiasts invited to the National Organic Conference.
@ofgorganic sustainweb.org/news/jun23-grβ¦
Urban Agriculture Consortium retweeted
Here is the data updated to 2020. China has just overshot its fair share of the 350ppm boundary. The global North countries have overshot their collective fair-share six times over.
