FFCC has published Farming for Change: mapping a route to 2030. The report introduces new research showing agroecology can produce enough healthy food for a future UK population and explores how this new technical modelling challenges and develops our thinking about a new food and farming system.
The research also addresses the big questions: How do we feed a growing population, healthily? Respond to a changing climate? Create a resilient, secure and fair farming system? Tackle the nature and health crises?
Farming for Change: mapping a route to 2030, explores these questions in detail and reveals the research that shows that, with the right enabling conditions, we can grow enough healthy food for a future population while
- eliminating synthetic fertilisers and pesticides
- nearly doubling amount of land available for green and ecological infrastructure (ponds, hedges, meadows etc.)
- releasing 7.5% of current agricultural area for more flexible use
- reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture by at least 38% by 2050 (with potential to offset 60%+ of remaining emissions through an afforestation scenario)
- all without compromising food security or offshoring food production and the associated environmental impacts.
To download a copy of the report, click here.
