Farming
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Place based rural development for communities with high cultural capital
Lois Mansfield, a lecturer from Cumbria, travelled to Japan to research the use of place-based cultural capital as a tool for rural development. She sought to identify...
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Transforming lives and landscapes with trees
Ian Brown, from Northumberland, and Chair of the Forestry Commission's North East Forestry and Woodland Advisory Committee, travelled to Belgium, Denmark, Germany,...
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Therapeutic use of farming practices to reduce homelessness
John Harrison, from South Shields, and Executive lead for the homeless charity Emmaus North East, travelled to Belgium, Canada, Italy, Norway and The Netherlands to...
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Resilient community food growing projects
Beth Stewart, a market gardener from Enfield, travelled to the USA to research resilient community food growing projects.
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Towards a Food Revolution: Food hubs and Cooperatives in the US and Italy
In this report, Martin Yarnit, who lives in Sheffield, looks at how food hubs and cooperatives are increasing the bargaining power of small and medium sized farmers in...