further to my earlier post on UK Prime Minister UK 'Farm to Fork' Summit ... the more I look at the Food Security Index gov.uk/government/pub… the stranger it gets. That there's plentiful food at global level does not mean UK consumers are food secure or will be in future. 1/3

Our latest State of Rural Enterprise Report - led by CCRI - focuses on farms and their business capacity to prepare for agricultural transition.

Farms in parts of England are looking to boost income by selling more products direct to customers according to latest National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise research

ccri.ac.uk/news/05/2024/f…
#Farming #Diversification #Rural

✨Reasons to #vaccum more? Our *NEW* easy-access paper summary digests striking findings on #pesticide residues in household #dust across #Europe and #Argentina .

Summary factsheet: sprint-h2020.eu/index.php/news…
Full paper: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Bison could help store CO2, researchers say theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Funny that

Well managed grazing cattle do exactly the same

Only bias explains why Bison are climate heroes yet cattle are all climate villains

Julia Aglionby 🧡 Miles King Vicki Hird MSc FRES 🐝🦋 🍃💚🍃 Chris Short Kate Russell James Rebanks Alice Groom Just comparing this to how NE used to release ES stats, & I think they could be improved by:

- breaking into columns by unit
- including total option expenditure or unit price
- a regional breakdown
- not rounding the agreement numbers

Stats from 2015 to compare Jonathan Baker

🌼 Area in GS2 (361,000 ha) is x10 the area under GS6 (39,100 ha) payment rate GS2: £151/ha & GS5 £646/ha
Miles King Vicki Hird MSc FRES 🐝🦋 🍃💚🍃 Chris Short Kate Russell James Rebanks Alice Groom

And 170 cows?

Janet Hughes Peter Mawson That’s very encouraging- we had wondered if it would be an Indian summer
lots of commons keen to understand their future choices- I hope commons will be eligible for SFI24 too including the SSSIs - over 2/3 commons have some SSSI land

Also please:
🚮 take litter & dog poo home if bins are full
🐄 beware of the cows that live there
🐕‍🦺 dogs on leads (until 31 July)
🚗 drive slowly
🐦 protect Skylark nests by keeping to the paths
🔥 no fires, bonfires or BBQs - inc the old quarries
📞 dial 999 if you see a fire

Protect our wonderful local commons #Stroud 👇

The Nature Returns programme on #NaturebasedSolutions for climate change has published an interim report and field methodology for measuring carbon and biodiversity. My new blog explains more and gives links naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2024/05/15/nat…

🚨 New Book! 🚨 Excited to announce that I'm going to be writing a book from the research Ive been doing on sheepdogs. It'll mostly be about how sheepdogs have travelled around the world and come back again - focusing on the links between Wales/UK and New Zealand and... (1)

This is much needed - water bosses need to be held to account for their actions
#Cumbria River Eden
#SewageScandal
Feargal Sharkey MattStaniek View from the River
RiverActionUK

Now open at the Dales Countryside Museum. Labour of Love: Land, Lives and nature in England's Upland Commons by somewhere-nowhere - thought provoking stories with beautiful writing and photography. Open until 8th September #OurUplandCommons @HeritagefundUK @NationalTrust @Yorkshire_dales

Is it just conservation? A typology of Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ roles in conserving biodiversity

authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S25…

Just out from Middle East Eye: Trinity College (Cambridge's wealthiest college) has decided to divest from all arms companies, inc. Elbit Systems, Israel's largest arms manufacturer.
Decision follows pressure from students, staff & human rights groups.
middleeasteye.net/news/cambridge…

🐄 ‼️COWS OUT MONDAY 13th‼️ 🐄

The graziers work so hard to keep the cows safe, and the cows are doing their vital part in keeping #Minchinhampton Common (SSSI) in good shape, so please keep your speed low and be patient driving across the commons from now till November 🙏

So can you help us rehome this bird

Currently sitting outside my office and has quite clearly escaped

It has a ring on it with a number that will hopefully identify its owner please RT
📸 Jim Lawrence

Ecosystem restoration for biodiversity and multiple ecosystem benefits. Science-policy interface supporting nature restoration. Governance of nature restoration. 🌿🌍

The Alternet Day in Helsinki (12 June 2024) programme will include three special sessions on nature restoration.