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Are Sustainable Intensification & Organic Farming compatible?

November 5, 2014 ARC

Phil Sumption explores the topic in the build up to Organic Producer’s Conference 26-27th November. […]

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What we need is in our hands: Re-designing food systems

October 27, 2014 ARC

APRODEV’s Karin Ulmer reports on the FAO international symposium on agroecology held in Rome in September. […]

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A new, more flexible alternative food network model

October 19, 2014 ARC

Derek Freitas, Food Sovereignty Campaign Coordinator for Eco Ruralis, reports on another way for producers and consumers to connect […]

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Access to land for community connected farming

October 8, 2014 Sjoerd Wartena

The international “Access to Land”- working group coordinates comparable initiatives in several European countries. […]

image: Savory Institute
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Manage grassland as if our lives depend on it

October 6, 2014 Peter Crosskey

Peter Crosskey has been paying close attention to the Savory Monbiot debate. Here’s his view on holistic management. […]

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Climate Smart Agriculture: a climate change fairytale

September 25, 2014 ARC

Watch out for business-as-usual agri-buiness solutions, even very well meaning ones…. […]

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Community Supported Agriculture in China

September 17, 2014 ARC

Suprising as it is to western ears and eyes, there are opportiunities for people in China to actively participate in a good food system […]

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4 Key Agri-Food Policy Needs

September 15, 2014 Oliver Moore

What four things did Arc2020’s Oliver Moore point to at the 8th European Organic Congress? […]

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UK reviving land settlement and local food production

September 3, 2014 Peter Crosskey

Land access; agroecological farming training; co-ops & technology: all interacting holistically in Manchester. […]

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UK agroecology centre taps into water research

August 15, 2014 Peter Crosskey

Joined up thinking about Agroecology, Water and Resilience. Meet the team at Coventry University’s Centre for Agroecology and Food Security. […]

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Permaculture: Green Solutions in the Greek Countryside

July 20, 2014 ARC

Arc2020’s correspondent Myrto Pispini discovers more about permaculture in Greece. […]

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UK cabinet reshuffle kicks Paterson into touch

July 17, 2014 Peter Crosskey

The business-as-usual global warming ‘lukewarmist’ is no longer at the DEFRA helm. via Peter Crosskey. […]

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Want to volunteer on peasant farms? Try WWOOF Romania!

July 17, 2014 ARC

From a small recent start WWOOF Romania grows from strength to strength. Derek Freitas of Eco Ruralis reports. […]

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Romanian alternative food networks: growing through the cracks

June 27, 2014 ARC

Local food systems are emerging in Romania, Ulysse le Goff of Eco Ruralis tells us – real green shoots! […]

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France: How Agroecological Farming Boosts Productivity

June 27, 2014 Samuel Féret

Minister Stephane Le Foll visits the iconic GAEC Ursule agroecological farm […]

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Rural Resilience

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Carbon Farming: Stakes, issues and alternatives

Mathieu Willard of ARC2020 performed a study on future carbon farming regulation. Download the report.

Seeds4All

The Seeds4All project wants to amplify voices and connect people involved in agroecological seed production at all levels. Find out more.

This Month’s Articles

Missed an article of ours? Or would like to read it again? Find all our articles from this month here. Or browse through our chronological archive that stores all articles here.

CAP Strategic Plans: Reforming the CAP in Wartime

ARC launches a report summarising the key aspects of the CAP Strategic Plans approval process that started a year ago. Take a look here.

Rural Perspectives on Digital Agriculture

Connecting farmers, advisors, policies, nature conservationists, and critical thoughts around the trajectories of digitalisation. Get involved!

ARC2020 Newsletter

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War in Ukraine

While the situation is still a changing one, the war in Ukraine is already destabilising food security in Europe. Find all articles here.

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