Profile of Beckie Lait, a final year PhD researcher with the Fix Our Food programme, at the University of York.

A lack of carbon literacy can be an obstacle for net zero journeys even for large businesses with fully staffed sustainability teams. But for smaller retailers that prioritise locally-grown or organic food, the challenges are manifold. Ethical retail network Better Food Traders set out to address this…

The Grow project aims to enable farmers to lead the transition to a net-zero food system by equipping them with the necessary skills and knowledge to practise regenerative agriculture and other low-carbon farming practices, such as zero till, integration of livestock, and maximising crop diversity.

Profile of Andrew Stark, a senior research and policy manager at food transition alliance Eating Better.

I read all the magazines, the blogs and the science, and I think the AFN Network+ is head and shoulders above everything else.

Three Farm Carbon Toolkit projects have used funding from the AFN Network+ to facilitate vital community engagement and demonstrate potential for scaling up.

The Falkland Stewardship Trust project has demonstrated a “clear call for change” that could help expand regenerative farming and food systems with local communities, and across Scotland.

In our latest impact story, we meet Caroline Mason, a sustainability and ESG expert, founder of consultancy Seeds to Thrive and former head of agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture at The Co-op.

In the second of our impact stories, we catch up with Kerry Whiteside, Head of Science and Technology at food manufacturer Samworth Brothers

A micro dairy, free range broilers, wildflower seed and an education venue have been put forward as viable options to secure the future of a new agroecological farm.

In the first of a series of ‘impact stories’, we meet AFN member Kate Jones, a PhD student researching foresight and early warning for food systems resilience at Cranfield University, and learn how our Network has positively impacted them.

What does the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget mean for farming, nature, land use and net zero? Emily Norton, our new Policy Champion for Land, Agriculture and Carbon, gives her analysis.