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Newsletter – March 2024

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In this Issue

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Webinar: The peatland dilemma – should we continue to cultivate and if so, how? 

Thursday 7 Mar 2024,  3-4pm

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Catch up on our two webinars about the security of UK fruit and vegetable supplies

Part 1: Vegetable and Salad Crops with Lee Stiles

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Part 2: Fruit crops with Ali Capper

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Briefing: The ‘undeserving poor’ – why food system transformation is middle class and why this needs to change

Read a briefing of the key points and wider discussion.

Reaching net zero in the dairy food chain

Read more about this project in this blog by Dr Maria Traka and Dr Laura Bardon.

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News from the wider agri-food sector

An introduction to the Agroecology Research Collaboration

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South West AgriTech Showcase 2024

21 March 2024, 8:30am – 4:15pm
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LEAP conference    

16 April 2024, Oxford
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BBSRC biological diversity community workshop

15 April 2024, 10:00am to 1:00pm, Online
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BBSRC Sparking Innovation Conference 2024

2 May 2024, Edinburgh
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Groundswell: The Regenerative Agriculture Festival

26 and 27 June 2024, Lannock Manor Farm, Hertfordshire
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