Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 14, 2023

Over recent years, no-till farming has been widely advocated as one of the ways to make farming more sustainable. It is also one of the paid options under Defra’s Sustainable Farming Incentive. Richard Young follows on from his article, Speed the plough or the direct drill and sprayer?

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Sustainable Food Trust

DECEMBER 4, 2023

However, due to poor farming practices, soil is degrading at an alarming rate. Intensive farming methods fail to conserve soil quality, and, if we do not make significant changes in how we farm, food production will inevitably decline. Image available here under a Creative Commons license.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 24, 2023

Since the resurgence of regenerative agriculture, farming has never been sexier. The star-studded film Kiss the Ground , featuring celebrities Woody Harrelson and Tom Brady, put the movement on the map in 2020, claiming that regenerative farming could be the solution to, not the cause of, climate change, biodiversity loss and soil erosion.

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RR2CS

MARCH 8, 2022

When they discovered that the farm is set on a prehistoric lake bed, a natural water reservoir for the community, they felt an additional responsibility to plant native trees and shrubs to steward the water resource. Often, in conventional agriculture, muskeg areas and sloughs are drained and ploughed.

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

At Arla Foods , its UK emissions are 4.8MtCo23 and 83% of those come from its farms. Arla is running pilots with 24 farmers in the UK, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark to “explore regenerative farming methods in a structured and coordinated manner.” Nestlé ’s footprint is 92MtCO2e with 71% from ‘ingredients sourcing’.

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