Agricultural and Rural Convention

Learning to farm can open a door, but people need land, livelihoods and support to put their knowledge into practice. Six years of ARC2020’s Rural Resilience project have shown why rural education matters at every stage of a working life, and why the relationships and resources that sustain it have to be built locally. Ashley Parsons leads us into a series of reflections on R...

From managing a food cooperative, to restoring biodiversity in the soil, to teaching aspiring farmers that they are a part of nature... Meet three of ARC's partners in Poland who quit their city jobs and found their place in building more sustainable food systems. Written by Agnieszka Wójcińska and edited by Joanna Wróżyńska.

We're back on Shane Casey's farm in the Burren, Ireland, where he is grateful for a lucky escape from the droughts that afflicted much of Europe over the summer. In Ireland at least, extreme temperatures made very visible the value of wet grassland. In his closing Letter From The Farm, Shane reflects on the path of progress and what legacy a farmer leaves behind, and shares h...

Every October, the Good Food Good Farming movement highlights locally organised events across Europe and creates spaces for people to explore the stories behind our food, question the system we have, and discover the people already building the solutions we need. Mara Kirch gives us a flavour of what’s on this year.

One of Europe’s favourite sweet treats comes with a bitter environmental cost. The world’s hunger for hazelnuts is fed by a supply chain rooted in chemical dependence, ecological degradation and regulatory blind spots. In this investigation, Maurizio Bongioanni and Rita Cantalino trace the hazelnut trade from local landscapes to global markets, exploring the sweet spot betwee...