Embedded Files
'Health & Nature' via Zoom 22nd Jan 6.30pm "New co-curated series with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in partnership with Rathbones, and kick start the conversation on healthy living and a healthy planet with scientists and writers at the cutting edge"
World Soil Day '
World Soil Day '
What fresh ideas can arts and the humanities offer the soil? BBC3 'Free Thinking'
October 19 Regeneration International 3rd People's Food Summit
Oct 2-4 FAO Soil & Water 4 themes including 'Soil Health & Water Quality' Presentations & Recordings
12 Feb 2024
Darwin's Earthworms 'A groundbreaking piece of soil ecology' 7pm Free online
World Soil Day 2023 Dec 5 'Soil & Water: a source of life'
📌 Soil and water provide the foundation for food production, ecosystems, and human well-being. Recognizing their invaluable roles, we can take proactive measures to safeguard these resources for future generations;📌 Rainfed agriculture systems withdraw 70% of the world's freshwater and account for 80 percent of croplands These systems rely heavily on effective soil moisture management practices;📌 The health of the soil and the quality and availability of water are interconnected, and enriched with organic matter, play a crucial role in regulating water retention and availability;📌 Improved soil and water management improves the land's capacity to withstand extreme climate events such as droughts, floods and sand/dust storms;October TRANSITIONING TOWARDS AGROECOLOGY AND REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE:. 24 - 27 OCTOBER 2023 CAMBODIA
July 11 online Monbiot v Savory
From 8.9ha May Live panel: Alternative Food Summit
Natural Capital: what farmers and policy makers need to know
ELMS? If you want to keep up with developments, click sister site
One-day Soil Health Evidence Mini-Conference to communicate a programme of recent research and development projects. 12th July 2023 at the Birmingham and Midlands Institute,10:00 to 17:00. To sign up please enter your details on this form: https://mailchi.mp/51445dffe1b1/soil-health-mini-conference
South West Food Hub April 12. 11.30am Join us to learn of our successes and champion Dynamic Food Procurement - using new, smart technology to link smaller local producers to food buyers in the public sector.
'A Soil Deal for Europe' Conference 31 May
2022
2022
Sept Regenerative agriculture conference faces protests in Amsterdam "Protestors took issue with some of the event’s key sponsors, which included global food business Nestle, fertilizer and ag inputs company Yara, and global agribusiness company Syngenta, among others. Protesters issued a statement saying: “These companies pretend to lead the transition to a more resilient and equitable food system, but they are primarily at the root of our interconnected social, climate, environmental and health crisis.” Farers had to pay £1000entry.
Farming for Change: Routes to Action
5 workshops with of contributors from farming, science, economics, ecology, food businesses and more who addressed the challenges and opportunities of transitioning towards an agroecological food system
BASIS podcast on 'Regenerative Agriculture 'BASIS are committed to supporting agriculture and protecting the environment for a more sustainable future', eg Quality of Soils and the Soil and Water Management Certificate. Listen to the end of the podcast on Apple or Spotify
Regeneration Fund "Farms aiming to convert to regenerative agriculture could be eligible for a new £10 million fund to help them to benefit the environment and attract private sector investment, announced by the Government last week. "
Soil Talk 60 Harvests left - true false or missing the point? Online 4 pm Feb 26 New Soil Talks
Alternative approach - 'Land Sparing' "lays out the case for securing the highest levels of production from land already farmed, in order to spare remaining wilderness from cows and ploughs." The UK government-commissioned National Food Strategy (NFS), published in the summer of 2021, recommended that his “three-compartment” model – harnessing high-yield farming in order to leave space for many more protected habitats, with pockets of traditional agriculture to preserve farmland-associated species – should form the basis of a new “Rural Land Use framework”.
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse