Latest news and updates from CCRI.
Damian Mayer and James Kirwan are once again very much involved in the annual RGS-IBG conference, where they are organising a session on food system sustainability and resilience and also co-presenting three research papers.
Former CCRI placement student, Will Barber, has been announced as a finalist for the Student Research and Development category of the 2016 Green Gown Awards.
Janet Dwyer has been invited to speak at Europe’s largest animal science conference, the Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP). The meeting will be held in The Waterfront Conference and Exhibition Centre in the heart of Belfast, on the banks of the River Lagan, from 29 August – 1 Sept 2016.
Paul Courtney is running a workshop at Hulme Community Garden Centre (HCGC) this afternoon in Manchester, where he will also be presenting the final report for a project funded by the Tudor Trust.
Julie Ingram, Jane Mills and James Kirwan are involved in co-convening workshops and presenting papers at the 12th European IFSA Symposium, which begins today (12th July) at Harper Adams University and runs until 15th July.
Dan Keech is making a presentation at the Critical Foodscapes conference today, 7th July, at Warwick University. He will be presenting a paper entitled 'Urban Agriculture – charting new democratic governance for food production? The example of Bristol, UK', which was written together with Matt Reed.
Damian Maye has had a paper accepted for publication in Sociologia Ruralis. The paper is entitled 'Examining innovation for sustainability from the bottom up: An analysis of the permaculture community in England'.
CCRI Director, Janet Dwyer, was interviewed on BBC 4’s Farming Today on Friday, 1st July, 2016, about the funding that the UK currently receives from the EU CAP Pillar 2 funding, which is now under threat following the Referendum vote. The interview is available to listen to online until 31st July,.
In view of the uncertainty and turbulence which has been set in train by the results of the UK referendum on Thursday 23rd June, the CCRI has made a statement.