Farming, flooding and food - how nature can help
Sometimes it looks like flooding is happening everyday somewhere in the world and the UK too. The Wildlife Trusts Strategic lead on Agriculture, Vicki Hird looks at nature-based solutions for…
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For peat's sake and our health, we need a better horticulture strategy
The UK fruit and vegetable sector is in trouble. It should be supported and expanded so we can all consume fresher produce and growers can invest in wildlife-friendly production. Our new report…
A 'just transition' in farming and food is possible and essential.
A ‘Just Transition’ means shaping a low-carbon and high nature future, whilst ensuring no people, workers, places, sectors, countries, or regions are left behind. It is used to define a better…
Farmers are fed up – but they have allies in the public and also in nature
We need better policy so that all farmers can move to resilient, nature-friendly farming – and so they are not undermined by bad policy.
What is regenerative farming?
Ever wondered what regenerative farming is and how it compares to other farming approaches? Vicki Hird, The Wildlife Trusts’ new strategic lead on agriculture, looks at this farming buzzword and…
Will governments agree strong measures on food and farming at COP28 this December?
Nature, land, food and farming will take centre stage at this year’s climate summit – COP28 in Dubai in December. Vicki Hird, our agriculture lead, assesses what this new spotlight on a critical…
Farmers and nature badly need ‘public money for public goods’
Farmers and nature badly need ‘public money for public goods’ – but the new farm environment schemes are a shadow of their original promise. Government must up its ambition and dig deep into its…
Farming announcement today a welcome step in the right direction
Today Defra has finally published more details on the Environmental Land Management schemes (ELM) that farmers have been clamoring for. Whilst many questions remain, The Wildlife Trusts, RSPB, and…
Without more ambition, Government agricultural reforms will put nature at greater risk
Today the Secretary of State, George Eustice, will speak at Groundswell – the regenerative farming get-together. Elliot Chapman-Jones says the Minister must stand by commitments not to repeat the…
Targets to improve rivers are at risk as farm funding pledges are watered down
Rivers are in a bad way – politicians must help farmers prevent pollution, writes Ali Morse...