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Top news of the week: 05.05.2021.

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@EarthShare shared
On May 4, 2021
RT @xercessociety: Webinar on Thursday, 5/6 Supporting Pollinators over Time: How to Maintain Wildflower Diversity Habitat for pollinators needs ongoing management to maintain flower diversity. Learn how to do that. More info & register at https://t.co/EyPqGmUGiS https://t.co/T1rGWq1BLD
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Supporting Pollinators Over Time: How to Maintain Wildflower Diversity

Supporting Pollinators Over Time: How to Maintain Wildflower Diversity

Integrating habitat onto farms and other landscapes can support pollinators and the pollination services they provide. However, flower-rich plantings often require ongoing management to ...

@SusFoodTrust shared
On Apr 30, 2021
RT @ClarenceHouse: As Patron of @SusFoodTrust, The Prince of Wales has sent a video message of support for the #TEDXSustainableFoodTrust event, which calls for a global framework to measure the sustainability of food and farming systems. Find out more ⬇️ https://t.co/jDbOqPJFtw
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The Prince of Wales sends message to milestone event calling for global framework to measure farm sustainability

The Prince of Wales sends message to milestone event calling for global framework to measure farm sustainability

The Sustainable Food Trust (SFT), a PWCF grant beneficiary, has partnered with leading UK retailers, farming organisations, banks, investors and NGOs to form the Global Farm Metric – a ...

@AgFunder shared
On Apr 30, 2021
Bühler, Givaudan latest to land in foodtech-friendly Singapore with joint innovation center https://t.co/oR26PweHbs
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Bühler, Givaudan latest to land in foodtech-friendly Singapore with joint innovation center

Bühler, Givaudan latest to land in foodtech-friendly Singapore with joint innovation center

Givaudan and Bühler have opened the Protein Innovation Centre in the city-state to develop plant-based products for Asian consumer preferences.

@ModFarm shared
On May 3, 2021
The regenerative ag "movement harbors a secret below its hopeful surface: No one really agrees on what “regenerative agriculture” means, or what it should accomplish, let alone how those benefits should be quantified," writes @joefassler for @TheCounter https://t.co/oGs3s2cW0N
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Regenerative agriculture needs a reckoning

Regenerative agriculture needs a reckoning

Why avoiding uncomfortable conversations about equity, race, and access threatens to spoil a nascent movement’s environmental promise.

@SoilAssociation shared
On Apr 30, 2021
🚜 Farmers/land managers 🌳 @CLAtweets are inviting you to share your views re #ELM Test & Trial on farm woodland/forestry payment rates across 3 components of ELM Please complete survey by 7 May https://t.co/7bfrtMB8qI @wakelyns @forestsandwood @FarmingConnect @WoodlandTrust https://t.co/8VZhXeeBJJ
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@SoilAssociation shared
On May 4, 2021
Happy #StarWarsDay! Wise Master Yoda has had a vision. Who are we to argue? Use the Force (or follow this link https://t.co/rzKk0BqrrY) to find out more 🌟 #MayThe4thBeWithYou https://t.co/biyVyu9e8H
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What is Agroecology?

What is Agroecology?

Agroecology is sustainable farming that works with nature. Agroecology promotes farming practices that; Mitigate climate change - reducing emissions, recycling resources and …

@foodtank shared
On May 3, 2021
"It is important to ensure developments are demand-driven and serve the interests of small-holder farmers. By co-designing solutions with farmers, he argues, it is possible to ensure that they truly work for a community." https://t.co/d2giMqlh3N
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Redirecting Private Sector Finance for a Sustainable Food System

Redirecting Private Sector Finance for a Sustainable Food System

Members of the U.N. Food Systems Champions Network talk about how we can leverage private finance to support food systems transformation.

@SusFoodTrust shared
On Apr 30, 2021
Great article on the importance of community supported agriculture projects - of which we are lucky to have a wide variety here in Bristol! #SustainableFarming https://t.co/AX84Qpf0Yk @DeutscheWelle @streetgoats
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City kids: Urban goat farming in Bristol

City kids: Urban goat farming in Bristol

Grazing wasteland in the heart of Bristol, Street Goat is bringing community together around sustainable milk and meat, and conserving local biodiversity.