The debate over whether UK farming can continue to feed us, be commercially viable and conserve our vulnerable natural environment is set to be addressed by a major new research project combining history with business analysis and environmental science.
The debate over whether UK farming can continue to feed us, be commercially viable and conserve our vulnerable natural environment is set to be addressed by a major new research project combining history with business analysis and environmental science.
Researchers at the University of Exeter will examine archival records over a 600-year period – from the Middle Ages to the Victorian era – and assign a sustainability rating to each historical era.
It is hoped that the £1.4m project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, will shape policy and practice for contemporary agriculture and help farmers and stakeholders to engage more constructively.
Read more at: University of Exeter
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