Image Project Reckoning with Regeneration: AGILE research sprint This one year project aims to clarify if and how RA can lead to greater alignment of food and nutrition security goals, with those for land and environment, and support policy to enable a just transition for the sector and for those it supplies. Does a move to regenerative agriculture support a regenerative food system? Read
Image Essay Food and Farming in the Fells: regenerative agriculture and pathways to change in Cumbria Student and dairy farmer Joe Lyall rejects polarising food system solutions and finds balance between food and nature in regenerative agriculture while reflecting on his family’s business. This essay is based on a submission to TABLE’s 2024 Essay Challenge. Read
Image Explainer TABLE Summary series: Regenerative Agriculture This is a brief summary of the longer TABLE Explainer “What is regenerative agriculture?”.It aims to define the concept and illuminate key debates surrounding regenerative agriculture. Citations and references for the information discussed below can be found in the full explainer.Written by Jack Bosanquet Read
Image Explainer TABLE Summary series: Land Sparing-Sharing This is a brief summary of the longer TABLE Explainer “What is the land sparing-sharing continuum?”.It aims to define the concept and illuminate key debates surrounding the land sharing-sparing continuum. Citations and references for the information discussed below can be found in the full explainer.Written by Jack Bosanquet Read
Image Essay Groundswell 2024: questions for regenerative agriculture at the festival The annual regenerative agriculture festival has grown enormously in recent years. TABLE team members were fascinated by the event’s confidence, dynamic energy and environmental convictions - and found questions about what the regenerative movement means beyond the farm gate to be in the air but not yet answered. Read
Image Essay Deconstructing Weetabix: What my family farm's supply chain taught me about power In this blog, Jack Thompson traces the supply chain of his family farm’s wheat to UK cereal manufacturer, Weetabix. In mapping every stage, he reveals where power is concentrated in arable farming: seed monopolies, fertiliser companies, machinery companies and grain merchants. He argues that this consolidation of agribusiness is driving not only environmental and social harm, but is a leading reason for the farmer protests in Europe. This article was originally published in Vittles, an online magazine based in the UK and India, publishing new food and culture writing. It was written by TABLE's research and communications officer, Jack Thompson. Read
Image Essay Land matters: why we need better land use decision making Georgie Barber of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission puts forward the case for Land Use Frameworks as a vital tool for meeting climate, nature, food and health challenges, and considers the features that determine their success. Read
Image Explainer TABLE Summary series: Agroecology This is a brief summary of the longer TABLE Explainer “What is agroecology?”. It aims to define the concept and illuminate key debates surrounding agroecology. Citations and references for the information discussed below can be found in the full explainer. Written by Jack Bosanquet Read
Image Essay Family farms: A personal reflection This reflection about family farming in the UK – and some of the changes seen over 5 generations – was written in response to a conversation on social media, which led to the question: have we given up on the mixed family farm as a food producing entity? About the author: Richard Bainbridge is a 3rd generation English farmer and retired Methodist Minister. Read
