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A paper based on a study of cheese supply chains in the UK and Switzerland, which was co-written by CCRI researchers, has been published with open access by Sustainability. It is derived from research conducted as part of the EU 7th Framework Programme project GLAMUR (Global and Local food chain Assessment: a MUltidimensional performance-based approach).

Pete Gaskell was in London yesterday (28th April) attending a Heritage Alliance ‘Audience Mapping’ workshop, which aimed to assist the development of a new strategic plan for The Heritage Alliance by mapping and prioritising its audiences to enable better understanding and engagement with them.

There is still time to book your place at 'Talking Rubbish', a key policy seminar on waste management and the circular economy which will be chaired by the well known British environmentalist and writer, Jonathon Porritt CBE.

Jane Mills and Chris Short co-authored a journal article that has just been published in Ecological Indicators. The paper has free access until 14th June, 2016.

Dan Keech is teaching a module called Sustainable Food and Food Security for 25 bachelor students at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, from 26th - 29th April, 2016. This is the third year that Dan has delivered this module, which is part of the University's Environmental Studies course, within the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Dan Keech will be speaking at an conference in Sidmouth, Devon, on 16th April at an event which is being organized by the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, called ‘Orchards in the Landscape’. Dan’s presentation is called ‘New commercial models for old cultural landscapes – orchard conservation in Germany and England’.

Chris Short is hosting a key policy seminar on waste management and the circular economy together with Sue Oppenhiemer, who is a former graduate from the University of Gloucestershire Environment Planning and Management Masters course. The seminar, which is free to attend, is to take place on 29th April at the University of Gloucestershire Park Campus.

A friend and collaborator of the CCRI, Professor Ian Hodge, has just published a book called "The Governance of the Countryside, Property, Planning and Policy" (ISBN: 9780521623964). Ian Hodge is Professor of Rural Economy in the Department of Land Economy and Fellow of Hughes Hall at the University of Cambridge and his book is highly relevant to topics covered in CCRI research, in particular concerning property rights and environmental management and governance.

Paul Courtney is running a workshop on Wednesday, 23rd March, at a seminar organised by the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens. The seminar aims to highlight a new guide to tools for evaluating health and wellbeing outcomes from community growing programmes and aims to share experiences from community growing groups, who are using the tools, together with leading academics in the field