Round-up – July 2025
This is our round-up for July 2025. Please note that this page is not updated, so deadlines may have passed and links may no longer work. To receive future newsletters, please join our network.
News
Survey update
Thank you to everyone who has completed our survey on the future of the AFN Network+. If you haven’t had the opportunity to do so yet, there is still time for you to complete the survey. It should only take 10 minutes.
New scoping study reports
We have published the first report from a 2024 scoping study, together with more reports from 2023 scoping studies. You can now read more on the findings from:
- Carbon accounting in agroforestry to meet net zero
- On-farm optimisation of faba beans for use in poultry diets
- Farmers as empowered intermediaries in natural capital markets
- Food waste to fertiliser
- What happens on the farm, does not stay on the farm
How will weight loss drugs transform the food system?
Our next webinar will be looking at how drugs such as Ozempic will affect our ability to reach net zero and transform the food system. Watch out for an email from Jez coming soon.
Digests on the latest policy changes
Catch up with our latest digests:
- What does Wes Streeting’s announcement of a 10 Year Health Plan for England mean for food & farming? and
- What will be the impact of retailers being required to report the proportion of healthy food they sell?
News from the wider agri-food sector
Funding
Innovate UK: Up to £2 million for farming, growing and forestry businesses
Deadline: 20 August 2025
Royal Society APEX awards
The APEX award scheme offers established independent researchers, with a strong track record in their respective area, an opportunity to pursue interdisciplinary and curiosity-driven research to benefit wider society. The awards are a partnership between the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society, with support from the Leverhulme Trust. Applicants can apply for up to £200,000.
Deadline: 9 September 2025
OECD Cooperative Research Programme (CRP) on Sustainable Agricultural and Food Systems
Deadline to apply: 10 September 2025
Events
Field Trip: The Apricot Centre & Martin Crawford’s Forest Garden
Saturday 19th July 2025, Totnes, Devon
ORFC in the Field at Hill Top Farm: Livestock and Biodiversity in the Yorkshire Dales
23–24 July 2025, Yorkshire Dales
Sustainable Livestock Residential
8–10 August 2025, Kendal, Cumbria
Agroforestry Show 2025
10–11 September 2025, Maple Cross, Hertfordshire
British Society of Soil Science 2025 Annual Conference
1–5 December 2025, Manchester
Vacancy
Modeller, Cool Farm Alliance
Cool Farm Alliance is looking for a full-time modeller. The role will focus on developing livestock models of GHG flows across agricultural systems using the latest peer-reviewed evidence, open source and procured data. These models will support the Alliance’s work in building a scientifically credible and robust GHG calculator.
Deadline: 17 July 2025
