Land Use, Food & Agriculture

Improved public land use planning and regulation, green belt protection, reduced dependence on pesticides, more sustainable livestock farming, organic and no-till farming, urban agriculture/farming, local food production, afforestation, conservation, carbon sequestration and more...

Your latest land use, food and agriculture stories

Tech Tyfu Vertical Farming

Working with growers in North Wales to develop fresh micro greens sustainably.

Gwynedd
  • Food security & supply
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture

Glasgow Food Policy Partnership

Creating a fairer, healthier, more sustainable and resilient food system.

Glasgow City
  • Food security & supply
  • Greater fairness
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Circular Economy

Transition Towns

Increasing local resilience, reducing energy use and building a regenerative local economy.

UK
  • Carbon emissions
  • Excessive consumption
  • Food security & supply
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Energy

Community Fridges

Reducing food waste and empowering communities.

UK
  • Excessive consumption
  • Food security & supply
  • Greater fairness
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Circular Economy

Rewilding Soar Valley

Creating a landscape rich in wildlife, valued and enjoyed by all.

North West Leicestershire
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Carbon emissions
  • Flooding & drought
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Biodiversity & Nature

Farm Urban

Growing tasty, sustainable greens from an urban, vertical farm.

Liverpool
  • Food security & supply
  • Greater fairness
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Circular Economy

Think big locally

Why Land Use, Food & Agriculture?

Farming and other forms of land use are highly exposed to environmental changes, and those who work and manage the land have much to lose as well as gain. Agriculture as a whole is a carbon emitter, although emissions from food production and livestock farming can be reduced by encouraging healthier diets, reducing food waste, and changing land management practices. Our shifts in food demand and farming practices may increase land for restorative use, with productivity redefined based on the ability to capture carbon, prevent flooding or improve biodiversity.

Achieving The Impossible Dream

The community of Langholm in southern Scotland fundraised £millions to buy 5,000 acres of local land for a new nature reserve. Hear how they achieved this.

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Stroud Valleys Project

Enriching lives and transforming places through a host of interconnected environmental projects.

Stroud
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Food security & supply
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Biodiversity & Nature

Rhug Estate Low Carbon Project

Measuring and rolling out a carbon management plan to reduce emissions to net zero.

Denbighshire
  • Carbon emissions
  • Excessive consumption
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Energy

You and CO2

Educating secondary school students about climate change mitigation through storytelling.

Denbighshire
  • Carbon emissions
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Energy
  • Transport

Derwydd Cyf

Farming in ways that save the environment by saving money.

Conwy
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Carbon emissions
  • Food security & supply
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Energy

River Clwyd Natural Flood Risk Management

Piloting a collaborative and natural approach to mitigating flooding on the River Clywd.

Denbighshire
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Carbon emissions
  • Flooding & drought
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Built Environment

Chyan Community Field

A stunning 26-acre permaculture project & community farm in rural Cornwall.

Cornwall
  • Excessive consumption
  • Food security & supply
  • Greater fairness
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Circular Economy

Global Gardens Project

Our vision is to create a growing space that supports community-based sharing of food and cultures.

  • Biodiversity loss
  • Food security & supply
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Circular Economy

Tarras Valley Nature Reserve

Creating a large-scale, community-owned nature reserve

Dumfries and Galloway
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Carbon emissions
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Biodiversity & Nature

The BioComposites Centre (BC) ERL Controlled Growth Room

Helping decarbonise industrial sectors in Wales and across the UK.

Cardiff
  • Carbon emissions
  • Food security & supply
  • Waste
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Built Environment
  • Circular Economy

Black Mountains Land Use Partnership

Improving and managing the upland areas in the Black Mountains.

Monmouthshire
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Flooding & drought
  • Greater fairness
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Circular Economy

Tree and Woodland Delivery Plan

Planting more trees to increase tree cover across Bath & North East Somerset.

Bath and North East Somerset
  • Air pollution
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Biodiversity & Nature

Barton Farms Direct Drilling System

Reducing cultivations and enhancing change into controlled traffic farm practises

Bassetlaw
  • Carbon emissions
  • Flooding & drought
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture
  • Biodiversity & Nature
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