📢Pre-announcement: this year we are launching the Lighthouse Farm Academy: @WURacademy's programme for professionals on Redesigning Farming & Food, based on lessons from our Lighthouse Farms. Sign up to our summer school in June for a 1-week taster menu!
https://t.co/Y6ZeESmiMQ
Are you interested in being a PhD student within the Lighthouse network?
The Soil Biology Group at WUR and FiBL are partnering with a few of our Lighthouse farms as case studies to understand how soil biota can contribute to soil health! Vacancy information below 👇
Breaking News: Iran has abolished its morality police after months of protests set off by the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who was arrested over the strict Islamic dress code. https://t.co/eDU6WU5Vcl
Had a great time in Paris this week for the @ClimateFarmDemo Kick-off. Meeting 80 partners around Europe who I’ll be working with for the next 7 (!!!!) years was great, but the highlight was trying escargot for the first time 😋
Anybody know the carbon footprint of snail meat?
We’re excited to be a part of @ClimateFarmDemo a @HorizonEU project aiming to speed-up the adoption of climate mitigation & adaptation practices.
What’s our role? We will be helping build a network of 27 lighthouse farms focused on climate-smart practices! 😲
3:2 majority in EP in favour of amending the protection status of #wolf in the vote on livestock farming & large carnivores. Result heavily driven by false arguments, downgrading of natureprotection and simplistic wish-to-be solutions. (🧵)
How does community-led action result in landscape restoration?
PhD candidate, Tewodros G. Asresehegn shares the story of Atsbi Catchment in becoming a beacon for Sustainable Land Management in Ethiopia.
Read all about is work in our new blog : https://t.co/uFbyP8B2c7
Insurance and protection for farmers is important- losing livestock to carnivores is a devastating reality. But it really can’t be at the cost of wildlife protection. Compare global biomass of wild mammals (.3%) vs livestock (4%) shows we still need more space for nature.
“About 40 percent of farmland in the United States is rented, most of it owned by landlords who are not actively involved in farming.”
Too high farmland prices squeezing out small, beginning and young farmers in the US, much like in Europe.
The value of farmland is soaring across the U.S., hitting record highs this year and often pricing out small or beginning farmers who are going up against private equity firms and real estate developers. https://t.co/2MfjRCuuAH
As the UN Conference on Climate Change gathers at @COP27, we took a moment to ask the Lighthouse Farmers:
“How does your farm contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals?” 🌏🌳��🌾
As a whole, these farms contribute to almost all SDGs. Results below 👇
One thing I know already.
If not for voters under 30 ... tonight WOULD have been a Red Wave.
CNN National House Exit Poll
R+ 13 65+
R+ 11 45-64
D +2 30-44
D +28 18-29
#GenZ did their job.
I am Congressman-Elect Maxwell Alejandro Frost and I will be the first member of Generation-Z in the United States Congress.
WE MADE HISTORY!!! Don’t count young people out.
Thank you Lenora & colleagues for illuminating the science that underpins our @fselighthouse Farm at #ERF that pioneered strip-cropping in the Netherlands:
https://t.co/4j4rwkafSj
Follow @RoyMichielsen @RBSlobbe @mar_debern@stel_juventia for updates!
Developed with @WURacademy, the Lighthouse Farm Academy will show how food systems can be redesigned through:
💻online knowledge clips (learn)
🗺️regional workshops (apply)
🧑🌾visits to lighthouse farms (experience)
🧑🏫bespoke coaching (implement)
Interested? DM to pre-register.
Sneak preview...🤫
We are preparing to launch the Lighthouse Farm Academy in 2023, where actors in the food system can learn from the future, as illuminated by our Lighthouse Farms.
This week, we trialled the on-farm module in 🇦🇹 at @VERMIGRAND (inspired by LaJunquera 🇪🇸)
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