Less is More: Upland Farming Economics
A new report using economic research from 46 farms aims to improve understanding of the underlying economics of upland farming, and how this can be improved to both benefit the environment and increase...
View ArticleFor Peat’s Sake – Paludiculture and a Wetter, Better CAP
Fully functional, healthy peatlands are the most effective long-term carbon store and sink on the planet. But what sort of state are they in, and what role for agriculture and CAP. And just what is...
View ArticleLetter From the Farm | Heeding Nature’s Limits in Ireland
Now in soggy Autumn, we return to Sinéad's farm in West Ireland to hear about the impact of a hot, dry summer, talk mob grazing and learn about the need to farm within natural limitations. What makes...
View ArticleRural Dialogues | Peasants of Nature – French Initiative Reconciles...
There are farmers interested in the environment, and environmentalists interested in farming...and now, there are environmentalists who have started to farm in a way that speaks to their values. Meet...
View ArticleOrganic Livestock Farming is for the Birds!
Organic livestock farming is the only CAP supported agri-environmental (AES) measure that has been shown to correlate with higher bird numbers. This finding comes from newly published research on birds...
View ArticleIs There Space for Rewilding on Organic Farms?
Oliver Moore spoke with Irish organic cattle farmer Sean Butler about rewilding and organic farming. The west-of-Ireland man is already starting to encourage nature to come back - but could CAP help?...
View ArticleLetter From the Farm – of Seeds and not Reseeding
Madeline McKeever has been farming in west Cork, on the edge of the Atlantic, since 1999. First in dairy and cheese making, then beef, and now mostly selling organic vegetable seeds. Madeline has seen...
View ArticleIreland | EIPs make the case for a better CAP
A group of EIPs - European Innovation Partnerships - has come together in Ireland to argue the case for this environmentally engaged form of farming. So what's next - will some of the methods and...
View ArticleReclaiming the Place of Agrobiodiversity in the Conservation and Food Debates
Both academic and policy debates tend to focus on how to further intensify agricultural landscapes to spare natural lands for natural biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration. This Brief from...
View ArticleUK | How Nature Brought A Family Farm Back To Life
As the English countryside is gobbled up by monoculture, one family farm is making space for nature. Carymarsh nature reserve is a patchwork of habitats – wetlands, woodlands and feeding grounds for...
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