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Shaping change in the UK food system by cultivating informed, system-wide collaboration. We connect policymakers, businesses, front-line services and community groups- linking evidence & practice to design & implement change that works rootandreason.org.uk

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 10h

📺With big thanks to speaker Molly Anderson for a fascinating talk and lots of questions answered - you can now watch the recording of our latest webinar 'Food Justice and Rights at the Centre of Food System Transformation'👉https://tinyurl.com/ypuhrvnd

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

'Food Justice and Rights at the Centre of Food System Transformation' Last chance to sign up for our webinar this afternoon at 2pm! 👇

Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If you work anywhere in the food system - retail, manufacturing, foodservice, farming, policy, finance, technology, civil society, research or advisory, our friends Planeatry Alliance would appreciate if you could take 5 mins to add your view to their Food System Gap Index👉tinyurl.com/4pse3tnf

The Food System Gap Index

Thank you for taking part in the Food System Gap Index. This short survey will help us understand where the biggest constraints sit across the food system, and whether the conditions needed to deliver...

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📰 In our September Newsletter.....📅 Sign up for our webinar next Tuesday: 'Food Justice and Rights at the Centre of Food System Transformation with Professor Molly D. Anderson, catch up on recent digests & a round-up of events, reports and opportunities in the #agrifood space👉 tinyurl.com/mpnu7mvv

Newsletter – September 2026 -

Sign up for our September webinar, catch up on recent content and check out lots of events, opportunities & resources.

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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 21/09/2026

Farming and drought have been front-page news this summer. This should prompt a broader conversation about how resilient our food system is to climate change impacts argues Neil Ward, @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social professor, and @rootandreason.bsky.social co-director, in a new blog on our site.

Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our webinar series on food justice starts with a fundamental question: what would it take to put justice at the heart of how we grow, govern & distribute our food? Join us to hear from Molly Anderson - a leading voice on the right to food in wealthy nations📅 29/09 2-3pm 👉 tinyurl.com/p6ajtxzm

Food Justice and Rights at the Centre of Food System Transformation

A lively discussion and your Q&A with Professor Molly Anderson - a leading voice on the right to food in wealthy nations.

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The govt watchdog recently gave its verdict on our national readiness for potential disruption to our food system.A sober assessment: UK food system has coped remarkably well with recent shocks,but there are growing doubts about its ability to withstand more severe disruptions👉 tinyurl.com/59btm2ze

Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

What do we really mean by a 'just' food system: fair outcomes, a genuine voice in decisions, respect for different ways of knowing? Hear Prof Molly Anderson, a leading voice on the right to food in wealthy nations, discuss in our upcoming webinar -📅29 September, 2-3pm Join us👉 tinyurl.com/p6ajtxzm

Food Justice and Rights at the Centre of Food System Transformation

A lively discussion and your Q&A with Professor Molly Anderson - a leading voice on the right to food in wealthy nations.

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

📢 Sign up for our September Webinar 'Food Justice and Rights at the Centre of Food System Transformation with Professor Molly Anderson - a leading voice on the right to food in wealthy nations. 📅 29 September, 2-3pm Join us 👉 tinyurl.com/p6ajtxzm

Food Justice and Rights at the Centre of Food System Transformation

A lively discussion and your Q&A with Professor Molly Anderson - a leading voice on the right to food in wealthy nations.

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Rob Hopkins closed our resilience webinar series in July explaining why food system transformation stalls: we are fluent in fear but cannot picture a future worth wanting. What changes if cultivating that longing becomes the goal? Read the full digest 👉tinyurl.com/3y8hwr4y

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

📰Our July Newsletter.....👉Save the date for our September webinar: 'From Resilience to Justice - what would it take to transform the food system?' with Professor Molly Anderson, Catch up on our latest digests + the usual round-up of events, reports &opportunities in #agrifood👉tinyurl.com/4hmca8s2

Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Andy Burnham became PM last week promising “good growth in every postcode”. What does is it mean for UK food and farming? Read our thoughts here 👉 tinyurl.com/nwjkppnu

Digest
'Good growth in every postcode': What a Burnham premiership could mean for UK food transformation

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

With huge thanks to speaker Rob Hopkins for a really inspiring talk and lots of questions answered - you can now watch the recording of our latest webinar 'Falling in Love with the Future - imagination as a tool for resilience' 👉 tinyurl.com/4nmv8ura

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

We are incredibly proud to have partnered with Culture Roots Collective,ELEVATE, &photographer Phoebe Davies to help shape 'Who Gets Seen on the Land?'📸🌾An accessible image bank with >100 free, downloadable photos featuring landworkers &farmers from underrepresented communities👉 tinyurl.com/56kxv68e

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

How do we help people create memories of a future they want?What can communities do to move from anxiety to agency?&how does imagining a thriving, resilient food system make it more likely that we will actually build one?Rob Hopkins will explore this in our webinar 21 July,12pm👉 tinyurl.com/42ydnjcx

Falling in Love with the Future - imagination as a tool for resilience

A lively discussion and your Q&A with Rob Hopkins, co-founder of the Transition movement, chaired by Professor Neil Ward

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

At our latest Root and Reason webinar, Jack Bobo joined us to discuss why trust and language decide what change is possible long before the evidence is ever heard. Read a digest of the webinar here 👉tinyurl.com/yznbry57

Digest: De-escalating the food fight: trust, language, and the future of food system change -

Jack Bobo discusses how trust, and the language we use with one another, decide what change is possible long before the evidence gets heard....

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Read our quick take from #Groundswell26 - Security, trust, and why, ten years in, there’s real reason for hope 👉tinyurl.com/cmtsuf9z

Quick Take: Groundswell Dispatches
What it means when the first talk at a regenerative farming festival is about national security....

Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

📢 Webinar: 'Falling in Love with the Future - imagination as a tool for resilience' with Rob Hopkins 📆21 July, 12-1pm How do we help people imagine the future they want,shift communities from anxiety to agency, & make a resilient food system more achievable by envisioning it? 👉tinyurl.com/42ydnjcx

Falling in Love with the Future - imagination as a tool for resilience

A lively discussion and your Q&A with Rob Hopkins, co-founder of the Transition movement, chaired by Professor Neil Ward

Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Last week food futurist Jack A Bobo spoke to us about trust, polarisation and communication in the food system- You can now watch the video here 👉tinyurl.com/3myadr84 🙏 Big thanks to Jack for his insights and for answering so many of your questions!

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

📰 Our June Newsletter👉Save the date-July webinar:'Falling in Love with the Future - imagination as a tool for resilience' with Rob Hopkins (co-founder of the Transition movement),Catch up on our latest digests + the usual round-up of events, reports &opportunities in #agrifood👉 tinyurl.com/yc5ncwzf

Newsletter – June 2026 - Root and Reason

Save the date for our July Webinar, join us at Groundswell, catch up on recent content and check out lots of events, opportunities & resources.

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Bluesky: Big Thursday for us tomorrow @Groundswell! Find us at the Soil Tent & C28: 🏛️9am(Soil Tent):Food Security IS National Security(w/Daniel Zeichner MP) 🌾10am(C28):Grasslands for Net Zero 🎲12pm(C28):Food system resilience interactive game 🗣️2pm(C28):The language of land use 👉tinyurl.com/yejzahpm

Groundswell 2026 - Root and Reason

Come and find us in our tent at C28 at Groundswell! Find out more about the sessions we'll be running over this 2 day event

Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

We’re running 2 sessions tomorrow at #Groundswell2026! Come find us at Stand C28: 🕒 1pm: Measuring what matters (aligning farm reality & supply-chain data) 🕒 3pm: Community Power from Farm to Fork (food justice & local systems) More details here👉 tinyurl.com/yejzahpm

Join us on Wednesday at Groundswell 2026!
In C28 - the Root and Reason tent

1pm - Measuring what matters: Aligning farm reality with supply-chain needs
Chair: Tom MacMillan
Speakers: Stephen Briggs, Star Molteno, Ben Williams

3pm - Community Power from Farm to Fork: Advancing Food Justice & Equitable Food Access
Chair: Fergus Lyon
Speakers: Hannah Gibbs, Katherine Langton, Martin Chadwick

Measuring what matters: Aligning farm reality with supply-chain needs
1pm - Weds 1st July in the Root and Reason tent (C28)

This session explores how data has become an important interface between farmers and food businesses in regenerative agriculture, and why, when it’s poorly aligned, it can create burden rather than value.

Chair: Tom MacMillan
Speakers:
Stephen Briggs, (Farmer and Head of Technical Development at
Innovation for Agriculture)
Star Molteno (Sustainable Land Use, Farming & Forestry
Specialist at Eunomia Research & Consulting)
Ben Williams (Sustainability Manager at Leprino foods)

Community Power from Farm to Fork: Advancing Food Justice & Equitable Food Access
3pm - Weds 1st July in the Root and Reason tent (C28)

This session explores how communities and growers can build alliances to transform local food systems, ensuring dignified, equitable access to nutritious, culturally relevant food. It highlights regenerative approaches that strengthen grower livelihoods, improve demand predictability, and increase citizen choice.

Chair: Fergus Lyon (Professor of Enterprise and Organisations at Middlesex University)

Speakers:
Hannah Gibbs (Sustain – The Alliance for Better Food and Farming; Bridging the Gap programme Manager)
Katherine Langton (Langton’s Farm)
Martin Chadwick (FoodSEqual Project, University of Reading)

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Heading to #Groundswell2026 on 1-2 July? Come find us at tent C28! 🌾We’re hosting 5 crucial sessions covering data-driven supply chains, food justice, grassland sustainability, and a food system resilience workshop. Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/yejzahpm.

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

How do we talk about food in ways that bring people together rather than drive them apart?What does it take to de-escalate the tension so we can get on with the work?&how can the way we frame an issue open minds rather than entrench positions? Webinar tomorrow 📅 23 June, 4-5pm 👉tinyurl.com/56u5uj5k

De-escalating the Food Fight: Trust,language and food system change

A lively discussion and Q&A with food futurist Jack Bobo,Executive Director of the UCLA Rothman Family Institute, chaired by Stefan Kepinski

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Sign up for our June webinar: 'De-escalating the Food Fight - Trust, language and the future of food system change' where food futurist Jack A Bobo will draw on his work on trust, polarisation and communication in the food system 📅 23 June, 4-5pm Join us 👉tinyurl.com/56u5uj5k

Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

By 2050,chance of crop failure across the world's major breadbasket regions could be ~25 times higher than today.The UK's latest official climate risk assessment treats that possibility as a question of national food security, with direct consequences for prices &supply at home👉 tinyurl.com/4xmerjum

Digest: A tempestuous spring - the climate assessment that puts food security centre stage - Root and Reason

This spring delivered two reminders of how exposed the UK food system has become....

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

📢 Sign up for our June webinar: 'De-escalating the Food Fight - Trust, language and the future of food system change' with Jack A Bobo 📅 23 June, 4-5pm Join us 👉 tinyurl.com/56u5uj5k

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

In our May Newsletter:📅 Save the date for our June webinar: with food futurist Jack A Bobo, 👩‍🌾 Find out about the sessions we'll be running at #Groundswell, 🏆AFN wins Knowledge Exchange award at UEA & lots of events and opportunities in #agrifood 👉 tinyurl.com/2vje4jkr

Newsletter – May 2026 - Root and Reason

Save the date for our June Webinar, join us at Groundswell, catch up on recent content and check out lots of events, opportunities & resources.

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Denmark is leading agri-environmental reform with its new Green Tripartite Agreement.By integrating a CO2 tax, nitrogen regulation, & a just transition, it aligns farming with climate goals—with just a 1% expected food price rise.Is it a blueprint or is Denmark going it alone?👉 tinyurl.com/yvbrk82s

Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Last week Heloise Balme from Bristol Food Network spoke to us about the The Bristol Food Disaster Risk Planning project and Bristol's wider work building a more resilient local food system through the Bristol Good Food 2030 partnership - You can now watch the video here 👉tinyurl.com/3bxjump5

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Read our latest digest: 'The case for food system resilience is getting stronger'. Our Roadmap argued the UK food system faces intensifying disruption, requiring transformational change. Since then, three developments have tested that argument… 👉 tinyurl.com/y8t6n8sf

Digest: The case for food system resilience is getting stronger - Root and Reason

Last October we published our Roadmap for Resilience, arguing that the UK food system faces a future of intensifying disruption and that transformational change rather than incremental adjustment is t...

Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Last chance to sign up for our Webinar tomorrow: 'From Plans to Practice: Building Community Food Resilience in Bristol' 📅 Thursday 14th May 2026, 12-1pm Join us 👉 tinyurl.com/55sy3rf3

From Plans to Practice: Building Community Food Resilience in Bristol

Sign up for a lively discussion and your Q&A with Heloise Balme from Bristol Food Network, chaired by Prof Angelina Sanderson Bellamy.

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The UK food system is vulnerable to shocks,but what does preparing for them look like at community level?In Bristol, a pioneering partnership - uni's, food charities & community orgs has been developing a disaster risk plan for food security.Join us to find out more 14/05 @12pm👉 tinyurl.com/55sy3rf3

From Plans to Practice: Building Community Food Resilience in Bristol

Sign up for a lively discussion and your Q&A with Heloise Balme from Bristol Food Network, chaired by Prof Angelina Sanderson Bellamy.

Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Digest - Food shocks are now a global solvency risk. Prof. Aled Jones warns a 5% production drop can trigger up to 500% price surges, destabilizing debt &bonds.BAFR-UK simulations show sector silos block the bold action stakeholders want. We need cross-sector local resilience 👉 tinyurl.com/2kjy22ht

DIGEST: Food shocks as solvency risk: the financial case for food system resilience - Root and Reason

We tell ourselves that food crises happen elsewhere. But a new study, led by Sarah Bridle, alongside experts from across policy, business and civil society, has mapped the pathways by which the UK cou...

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The UK food system faces disruption, but we can shape change intentionally 🌾⛈️ Root + Reason is stress-testing solutions today so they hold under pressure tomorrow. We're building shared contingency plans for a long-term food supply. Join us at rootandreason.org.uk #FoodSystems #Resilience

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

📢 Sign up for our May webinar: 'From Plans to Practice: Building Community Food Resilience in Bristol' 📅 Thursday 14th May 2026, 12-1pm Join us 👉 tinyurl.com/55sy3rf3

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

📰Our first Root and Reason newsletter includes more about our evolution from the AFN Network+, save the date for our May webinar 'From Plans to Practice -Building Community Food Resilience in Bristol', a blog post on food poverty + events & opportunities in the #agrifood space👉 tinyurl.com/m2ccv56c

Newsletter – April 2026 - Root and Reason

Save the date for our May Webinar, blog post on food poverty, catch ups on recent content and check out lots of events, opportunities & resources.

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Good intentions aren't enough. At Root and Reason, we're surfacing the "true costs" of the status quo to track progress against national goals. To build a resilient future, we must all be clear on who is responsible for outcomes. www.rootandreason.org.uk

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

With huge thanks to Simone Westi Højte and David Baldock for their insights and for answering all of your questions - you can now view the video from our webinar this week 'Leading the Way? Denmark’s Approach to Reforming Food and Farming Policy' 👉 tinyurl.com/msx7zeay

Leading the Way? Denmark’s Approach to Reforming Food and Farming Policy - Root and Reason

What can other countries learn from Denmark?

Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

It’s #EarthDay 🌍 The theme "Our Power, Our Planet" reminds us that the people sustaining our food system must shape its future. At Root and Reason, we embed lived experience in decision-making so that change happens with people, not to them. 🤝 rootandreason.org.uk

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The AFN Network+ has become Root and Reason, the food resilience collective. We are refocusing our work as an independent, non-profit initiative shaping change in the UK food system through informed, system-wide collaboration. Find out more 👉 www.rootandreason.org.uk

Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

In collaboration with Eating Better & Farming the Future, we're inviting you to a facilitated workshop designed specifically to help you develop your proposals for the National Lottery Community Action Fund (Food Systems). 📆 Weds 6th May, 1 pm–2:55 pm Apply by 1pm on 29/04 👉 tinyurl.com/2knj9r9x

Proposal development workshop for National Lottery food call - AFN Network+

We're inviting you to a facilitated workshop designed specifically to help you develop your proposals for the National Lottery Community Action Fund (Food Systems).

Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

The AFN Network + is evolving. Stand by for an exciting announcement next Tuesday about our next steps – we can’t wait to bring you with us!

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

As policy gradually begins to show signs of joining up health, affordability &food system change, in food retail, there are green shoots that suggest a parallel shift may also be underway. Our latest digest examines retailer announcements and shifts alongside government policy👉 tinyurl.com/3hyv68t9

Digest: Supermarkets and food system transition - AFN Network+

As policy gradually begins to show signs of joining up health, affordability and food system change, in food retail, there are green shoots that suggest a parallel shift may also be underway.

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

What would it cost the UK food system to do nothing about climate change? According to a landmark assessment by IGD, the answer is £2.6 billion a year by 2050. Find out more in a digest of our webinar 'From Risk to Resilience: What climate change could cost the UK food system ' tinyurl.com/43scdazx

DIGEST: The £2.6 billion question: what climate inaction could cost the UK food system - AFN Network+

What would it cost the UK food system to do nothing about climate change?

Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

In 2024, Denmark agreed on a groundbreaking agricultural deal to address some of the major societal challenges facing the agriculture, forestry & food sectors. What can other countries learn from their approach?Join our webinar, 22 April @1pm to find out more & ask questions👉 tinyurl.com/3y8jhrvr

Leading the Way? Denmark’s Approach to Reforming Food and Farming Policy

Sign up for a lively discussion and your Q&A with Simone Højte (CONCITO) and David Baldock (IEEP) chaired by Professor Neil Ward.

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Carbon and nature markets could create new income streams for farmers and channel private investment into nature recovery. But the infrastructure to make them work at scale isn't there yet. Our latest digest takes stock of where things stand 👉 tinyurl.com/3wzam9zn

DIGEST: The pitfalls and potential of carbon and nature accounting - AFN Network+

Carbon and nature markets promise new income for farmers and private investment in nature recovery, but the infrastructure to make them work isn’t there yet.

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

We need urgent, coordinated action to shift UK dietary patterns as an essential component of transforming the food system to improve public health, planetary wellbeing, and economic prosperity-Read our full briefing 'Dietary Shift for Health, Climate and Economic Prosperity '👉

Briefing: Dietary Shift for Health, Climate and Economic Prosperity - AFN Network+

We need coordinated action to shift UK dietary patterns as an essential component of transforming the food system to improve public health, planetary wellbeing, and economic prosperity.

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

📢 Sign up now for our April webinar: Leading the Way? Denmark’s Approach to Reforming Food and Farming Policy 📅 Wednesday 22nd April 2026, 1:00-2:00pm Join us👉 tinyurl.com/3y8jhrvr

Leading the Way? Denmark’s Approach to Reforming Food and Farming Policy

Sign up for a lively discussion and your Q&A with Simone Højte (CONCITO) and David Baldock (IEEP) chaired by Professor Neil Ward.

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Root and Reason @rootandreason.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Last chance to have your say in the State of Agricultural Research & Innovation (SARI) Survey -If you are a researcher, advocate, or your work is connected to food &farming, the SARI Survey is an opportunity to directly inform where the UK should focus research effort &funding👉 tinyurl.com/3t8w4546

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