Newsletter – March 2024
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
Catch up on our two webinars about the security of UK fruit and vegetable supplies
Part 1: Vegetable and Salad Crops with Lee Stiles
Part 2: Fruit crops with Ali Capper
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
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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