“Producing high quality food, looking after the environment, managing air and water quality, enhancing biodiversity and wildlife and taking care of our most valuable asset -SOIL – is what we as farmers should be doing. We are on this planet…
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We are thrilled to collaborate with UNESCO-BRIDGES UK Hub on an exciting event at Lampeter’s Food Fest (Gŵyl Fwyd Llanbed) on Saturday 29th July 2023. Between 1-4pm, join us on an epic adventure in the historic Old Hall at the University…
Read More Food Fest Ahoy! Charting the Course of Sustainable Food Innovation
“Johnny’s contribution to the Cairndow area transformed it from a place with few jobs, a dwindling population and little ambition to a thriving, forward thinking community” (Virginia Sumsion, Johnny Noble’s niece). Loch Fyne is a Scottish sea loch or lake…
Read More Loch Fyne Oysters: Empowering Communities, Restoring Oyster Waters
“Ceilán is a perfect example of the butterfly effect - the way in which small, seemingly insignificant events can have a massive impact on the future” (Dr Shelini Surendran) Siddha medicine is one of the oldest systems of traditional medicine…
“The sustainable equilibrium of our planet is facing huge challenges. But at The Wellbeing Farm, we are working to create a solution, and to make our green story even greener”. (Celia Gaze) Who would have thought a wedding and corporate…
“We need a future for cocoa farming which is sustainable- not just for chocolate companies and chocolate lovers but for the people growing the crop” (Sophi Tranchell, MBE, Group CEO Divine Chocolate UK, 1999-2020) Each year, some $100 billion is…
“We strive to work within and in harmony with the ecosystem rather than attempting to radically alter and control it” (Jemma Vickers and Paul Rolt) Hebron vineyard, located on the Pembrokeshire/Carmarthenshire border in the foothills of the Preseli mountains in West Wales,…
“We are all intertwined yet we, humans have the biggest affect, and not always in a good way” (Dr Rhodri Owen). Symbolically bees are associated with love and romance and are considered to be guardians of the natural world. As…
“Once I do one thing, I just can’t wait to get on to the next challenge” - Sir Adrian White Once a pig farm, the family-owned, award-winning Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking is not only one of England’s largest single…
“The best way to help a community is to give it the faith and knowledge to help itself” - New Scientist, 2nd August, 1962 Rosario, estimated population 1.7 million, is located 300kms (186 miles) North West of Buenos Aires, Argentina.…
Read More Rosario Garden Project: urban regeneration seeds hope
“I would encourage every person, from every age, every colour, religion, gender, location to ask themselves ‘why you are here? Why do you exist?’ It is so important to know the answer to that question”. (Luke Young) Luke’s answer to…
Read More Ocean Ag startup ALORA unveils ‘the most salt-tolerant terrestrial plants on the planet’
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”. Formerly known a SIFE (Students into Free Enterprise) Enactus is the world’s largest experiential learning platform.…
Read More Egyptian University ‘Chito-Shrimp’ feeds multiple sustainability projects
BoomGrow is an award-winning Malaysian farming company whose mission is to transform farming by producing 100 per cent clean and nutritious vegetables delivered directly to the consumer. It is located in Kuala Lumpur in the Klang Valley and was founded…
Read More BoomGrow – saving the planet one vegetable at a time
"If all the cattle in the world joined together to start their own country, they would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases” - Bill Gates Globally methane is responsible for 30 per cent of global warming, and the world’s…
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