Bare winter fields to disappear as part of new plan for healthy greener countryside

Soil health is at the heart of new government plans for farm payments with policies to increase soil organic matter and promote winter cover.

Ian Dodd, Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, Lancaster University • conversation
Dec. 10, 2021 • ~7 min

England has managed its countryside badly for a century – what has gone wrong and how it can be fixed?

British countryside management needs a new co-ordinated approach, a researcher argues.

Philip Donkersley, Senior Research Associate in Entomology, Lancaster University • conversation
Oct. 6, 2021 • ~8 min

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