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Join us on 9th June for our event 'Unlocking Finance for Farm and Landscape Recovery in Wales' Bringing together Welsh land, water, supply chain, finance & policy partners to explore new finance for fair nature recovery For more details & to register 🔗 bit.ly/4rZzYx2

We’re excited to share more about the upcoming Lowland England ‘Big Tent’ event taking place in Ely and the surrounding countryside in March. Follow the link to read more about the focus, what to expect & how to book bit.ly/4rGjlab We look forward to seeing you there!

Calling all farmers, land managers, agri-food businesses, community groups, policy makers, planners, and researchers. Join the Hub for our 'Big Tent' event in Ely, Cambridgeshire! 📍 Ely, Cambridgshire 📅 18-19 March ➡️ Book a place on either day here bit.ly/4rxyo5L

The critical role of soils in mitigating flood risk 🌧️🌱 In this Soils & Flooding Workshop, experts discuss soil type, structure & connectivity. Flood mitigation is a systems challenge & effective solutions need soil-specific actions at the right scale. lunzhub.com/resources/soil…

Do you agree with this postcard suggestion at #ORFC? In what context have you heard 'resilience' used - and does the term annoy you? At @ORFC? Look out for our 'problematic language' postcards to get involved - or use our form: bit.ly/44QjQVS #ORFC26

"Many of the words used to describe sustainable farming foster or activate antagonistic & reactionary responses" - #ORFC26 attendee Do you agree? To get involved in our 'problematic language' exercise, look out for our cards at @ORFC or use our form: bit.ly/44QjQVS

Our 'problematic language' cards are is getting great input at #ORFC26. Next up: 'regenerative' "It rewards a history of bad behaviour - what about those who never de-generated?" - do you agree? At ORFC? Look out for our cards - or use our form: bit.ly/44QjQVS #ORFC

“Sustainable”, “regenerative”, “agroecological" - all words we’re expecting to hear at #ORFC - but what do they actually mean? If you spot our cards in the wild at #ORFC2026, pop a response on! Or, if you don’t, drop words onto our form: bit.ly/44QjQVS #ORFC #ORFC26

On Feb 4th the RESPECT Project hosts a webinar on achieving a just transition in relation to Scotland’s peatlands, with contributions from Peatland ACTION, Community Land Scotland & Tóchar Wetlands Restoration initiative. To register: bit.ly/4qfBs6a #Scotland #Peatland

Confused about #soil carbon sequestration? Watch the #LUNZHub Talking Heads interview where Ellen Fay speaks to Prof. Pete Smith, University of Aberdeen, & Dr Helaina Black, Honorary Associate with the @JamesHuttonInst & chief scientist at Agricarbon. ➡️ bit.ly/3J1Ykpu

Save the date: Nov 4th we host a webinar on building capacity for net zero literacy in farming and rural communities, with expert speakers from @SRUC, @TheAHDB and @KepakGroup reflecting on their experiences in capacity building, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A. #NetZero

Wrapping up our series of clips about 'problematic language' from attendees at our #BigTent event, here's @ElliotColley, Social Scientist at @Forest_Research, with his thoughts on 'natural'. Thanks to all who participated! #LUNZHub #Language

The sixth in our series of 'problematic language' interviews from attendees at our #BigTent event in Wales is from @HuwWoodward, Research Fellow at the Centre for Environmental Policy at @imperialcollege - and his chosen phrase is 'systems thinking'. #LUNZHub #Language

The 5th in our 'problematic language' series of clips from our #BigTent event - for Prof @PrysorWilliams, Chair of Agriculture and Environment at @BangorUni (who's also an upland livestock farmer in North Wales) the problematic word is 'transformational'. #LUNZHub #Language

Prof Elizabeth Magowan (@AFBI_NI),co-lead of NI LUNZ Hub (w Prof Sharon Huws of @QUBIGFS), recently met the LUNZ HUB project leads from Scottish, Welsh, English & UK national teams to discuss & model pathways➡️ net zero focusing on land use contribution #LUNZhub #NetZero #Landuse

Here's #4 in our Problematic Language series of clips from attendees at our #BigTent event. For @toyinoshaniwa2 from @LifegateCommun, there are questions around the phrase 'soil health'. #LUNZHub #Language #SoilHealth

Here's #3 in our Problematic Language series of clips from attendees at our #BigTent event. What riles Dr Claire Kelly, environmental social scientist at @PlymUni? It's the phrase 'behaviour change'. #LUNZHub #Language

#2 of our Problematic Language clips from attendees at our #BigTent event in Llandudno - for Alan Radbourne. sustainable land use scientist at @UK_CEH, it's the word 'just'. #LUNZHub

At our #BigTent event we're collecting examples of Problematic Language: the vocabulary and terminology of land use that confuses, complicates or concerns, and gets in the way of meaningful communication. Here's Prof @Dirt_Science from @CranfieldUni on 'soil health' #LUNZHub

Among the many attendees of this year's Big Tent gathering, we're fortunate to have poet @HarrietWrites from Place Collective, who created this poem for our event from impressions gathered during sessions and presentations. #LUNZHub #BigTent