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…
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Amy Lewis
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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...
Defra confirms that ring-fenced funding for ambitious nature recovery has disappeared from farming schemes
This is a significant reversal on Defra's previous commitment to fund landscape-scale change needed for nature and climate in England. Barnaby Coupe explores what this means, below.
Nature must be at the heart of the Government’s vision for energy and food security
The UK Government is set to publish an Energy Independence Plan and we are already seeing farming lobbyists push for greater intensive farming. These approaches fail to recognise the need to put a…
Healthy soils: essential for food and wildlife
This Sunday marked World Soil Day; providing us an opportunity to recognise the important role soil plays in a healthy environment and therefore a healthy life – and to do what we can to support…
Environmental Land Management is too important to fail, but risks remain
After the Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs Committee published its report on Environmental Land Management today, Barnaby Coupe, Land Use Manager at The Wildlife Trusts and Alice Groom,…