Regenerative agriculture: we need better evidence to inform policy, Copping, Joshua P, Balmford, Andrew, Bradbury, Richard B, Dicks, Lynn V, Field, Rob H, Wade, Ruth, Finch, Tom

If food systems transformation is to deliver on its promises, the metrics must be as systemic as the challenge itself.

Food prices are soaring as our farms buckle under the pressure of climate change and foreign wars. But propping up a fragile agriculture system is not the answer

Small farms rarely make a decent living in commodity markets. It’s time to stop chasing scale and start building resilient, relationship-based food systems instead.

In the autumn of 2009, I was invited to join the International Futures Forum (IFF) as one of a small group of ‘next generation’ members…

Only half of the calories produced on croplands are available as food for human consumption, West, Paul C, Gerber, James S, Cassidy, Emily S, Stiffman, Samuel

The work of mission-driven organisations is complex, but complexity can be hard to talk about.

Experts say the level of data-gathering being achieved could result in healthier bees.

The terms food security and food sovereignty originally emerged as separate terms to describe different things. The former is a concept that describes a conditi...

The contribution of pulses to net zero in the UK, Horril, Marcus, Maguire, Rosanne, Ingram, John

There is increasing concern in many advanced economies about the risks of disruption and crises in agri-food systems. Government departments and non-governmental organisations are working to identify and understand specific risks but struggle to take broad, holistic perspectives and therefore underestimate the potential for civil unrest. In the interests of helping move from understanding to action, we convened a group of experts through a Delphi process to map out potential pathways to acute UK food system crises and identify interventions that would build resilience and sustainability. To this end, we consulted 31 experts, carrying out 15 expert interviews, followed by three surveys and two workshops with a further 16 experts. The experts highlighted the many existing chronic issues creating a tinderbox for an acute risk to lead to a food crisis in the UK. These chronic issues include climate change, poor policy implementation, rising inequality, food supply chain consolidation and the risks from just-in-time supply of food. They voted to include three acute triggers—(a) cyber-attack, (b) a major extreme weather event and (c) a major new international conflict—and described how any combination of these could lead to (d) a UK food availability and/or price shock that could result in widespread fear of unsafe or inadequate food, leading to violence. A total of 7 system-wide interventions were prioritised to help address these pathway elements together and build sustainability, and a further 21 were identified to address elements individually.

Weakened food security could tip into unrest after a cyber-attack, extreme weather or conflict, analysis finds

Faaborgs rail against oppressive industrial agricultural system with unexpected evolution into indie artisan food firm

About this report Your Content Goes Here Since World War ll, the UK has experienced a revolution in food. Diets, supply and tastes have changed and become more used to more plentiful, diverse and a-seasonal food. At the same time, access to food has become more dependent on fewer, larger suppliers, while still being subject

High levels of corporate concentration and power in agrifood supply chains raise important policy concerns because they can affect food systems in adv…

International grain markets will keep prices low as there is an abundant global supply, but UK farmers are looking at alternative crops

Farmers are struggling to adapt to climate change and its challenges, but new research has some helpful advice.

Al Carns has warned of a "shadow of war" at Europe's door, as hostile intelligence activity against the UK has jumped by more than 50% over the past year.

We define resilience in the food security context as maintaining production of sufficient and nutritious food in the face of chronic and acute environmental perturbations. In agri-food systems, appro...

A country built on agriculture is seeing the sector change as the number of farms shrinks and it becomes harder for young people to buy land

I get a bit of an ick at spirituality when it's so vague, and here I wonder if it's being used as a proxy for something else. Our story of separation from nature is bound up in our anthropocentrism, in fear, in our technological progress and need to dominate nature, forgetting that we're part of it.

A practitioner's response to Professor Dieter Helm's analysis of British farming

Farmers have recently been complaining about a lot, and in some cases with good cause. Brexit has created lots of practical difficulties, without delivering all the benefits they were promised. Migrant labour has been disrupted with as yet little sign that British workers want British agricultural jobs. The introduction of ELMs (Environmental Land Management schemes) […]

Perennial crops have a vast range of benefits, from carbon sequestration and biodiveristy, to nutritious crops for diversification of farms. Should we not have more?

The UK’s food system is under pressure.

From RFK Jr. to Hollywood A-listers and Democratic senators, people across the political spectrum are jumping onto the slippery slope of nature-based solutionism.