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Climate change
Fincastle: Sustainable hill farming is the future
Silvopasture in the uplands increases biodiversity, carbon sequestration and overall viability, writes Robert Barbour.
Sustainable Food Trust at COP26
The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference takes place in Glasgow during the first two weeks of November 2021. We will be joining ...
Heat resilience in North America’s Pacific Northwest: A case for urban agriculture
Urban agriculture provides a unique nature-based solution that could contribute to heat resilience and ‘marry the goals of both climate a...
How warming seas are impacting fisheries across the globe
With climate change becoming visibly evident, we are seeing its impact around the world, not just on land, but also in the ocean. Water t...
How can we make education for sustainable development a reality?
We need to change our relationship with the natural world, and education plays a critical role in enabling that shift. Richard Dunne expl...
The Story of Our Food: Understanding food systems through education
Tessa Van Eijsden shares her thoughts on food education, highlighting the importance of understanding bigger picture when it comes to foo...
The TED Talks | Farming and Climate Change: Measuring Success
On the 29th April 2021, we launched our coalition for the Global Farm Metric project with TEDx Countdown. Watch the video recording from ...
New research challenges scientific orthodoxy on the role of grazing livestock in relation to emission reduction targets
We are highlighting the announcement of what is one of the world’s first soil carbon sequestration offsetting partnerships between Micros...
What a wonderful world
SFT policy director, Richard Young takes a look at the wildlife on his own farm and finds lessons for himself and future agricultural pol...
Kiss the Ground: What soil can do
Addressing the greatest challenge of our generation and perhaps the greatest of all time, the recently released film, ‘Kiss the Ground’, ...
Livestock and food security: A contested relationship
Robert Barbour takes a look at the complex relationship between livestock and food security and the role of some animal products in susta...
Nature’s store of wisdom: The value of open-pollinated seeds
Open-pollinated, organic seeds can give us more control over our food systems, empowering local communities while building better resilie...