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Top news of the week: 23.02.2023.

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@SusFoodTrust shared
On Feb 22, 2023
RT @FarmingUK: Government's newly announced funding to be made available to small abattoirs will be 'integral' to the future of local and sustainable farming, campaigners at @SusFoodTrust say: #NFU23 https://t.co/9zlWK2D5hQ
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Rural campaigners welcome new support for small abattoirs

Rural campaigners welcome new support for small abattoirs

The government's new funding to be made available to small abattoirs will be 'integral' to the future of local and sustainable farming, campaigners have said

@AgFunder shared
On Feb 17, 2023
Meet the founder: The HabiTerre team on the importance of credibility before commercialization in agtech https://t.co/6QxNUaRktJ
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Meet the founder: HabiTerre discusses the importance of credibility before commercialization in agtech

Meet the founder: HabiTerre discusses the importance of credibility before commercialization in agtech

Professor-turned-founder Kaiyu Guan discusses remote sensing, computational modeling and why scientific credibility is critical for agtech's success.

@ICRAF shared
On Feb 21, 2023
RT @RegreenAfrica: INTRODUCING OUR #RegreeningHeroes LIST📢 Honouring Women, Youth and Farmers who use their knowledge, resources, and passion to restore our landscapes & improve lives in communities across Sub-Saharan Africa. Join us in celebration https://t.co/r8iC41OvZG #GenerationRestoration https://t.co/UFqhzCu3SE
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Honouring those who use their knowledge, resources, and passion to restore our landscapes and improve lives in communities across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Honouring those who use their knowledge, resources, and passion to restore our landscapes and improve lives in communities across Sub-Saharan Africa.

These initiatives, and many others like them, also respond directly to bigger global development initiatives such as the African Union Agenda 2063 and the United Nations …

@foodfirstorg shared
On Feb 22, 2023
RT @UpstreamPodcast: cheap food just means worse food grown under worse conditions. here's an excellent piece by @robpertray which outlines a lot of this: https://t.co/pW49BlVegp. We also have a Convo w/ @eholtgim of @foodfirstorg discussing this stuff at length https://t.co/zX1Wnmhcq1
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Food justice in the Hudson Valley

Food justice in the Hudson Valley

Food industry work is one of the most highly exploited forms of labor in the United States.

@SoilAssociation shared
On Feb 17, 2023
🪱“It's alarming that despite repeated promises, the government is failing to protect farming’s most precious resource - Soil” 🤦The government is, once again, choosing to ignore soil health in its latest Environment Improvement Plan Read more https://t.co/s3t62YOjIW #SaveSoil https://t.co/wZGjNehgVj
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Government’s environment plan fails to protect soil

Government’s environment plan fails to protect soil

The government has failed to recognise the vital role for soil in sustainable farming and put it at the heart of its new Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP). It has also broken a …