This study in Nature Food claims that widespread efforts to sequester carbon on agricultural land could offer farmers around the world extra income and allow net zero emissions in agriculture by 2050 for a lower cost than other options. To achieve this, the study argues that it requires deploying highly efficient institutions and monitoring systems across the world in the next five years. 

This study finds methane emissions from slurry stores on dairy farms may be up to five times greater than official statistics suggest. It also claims there is huge potential for turning them into a renewable energy source. The study shows that if captured and turned into biogas, emitted methane could be valuable.

The Land Use for Net Zero (LUNZ) Hub is a consortium founded in November 2023 to provide all four UK administrations with the rapid evidence they need to develop policies that will drive the UK land transformation required to achieve Net Zero by 2050, alongside other environmental targets. LUNZ has produced two films framing the perspectives of an array of land managers who are actively dealing with the challenges of trying to transition to net zero.

Is it possible to change the system from within or should we instead apply pressure from the outside? Or maybe even create an entirely new system instead? In this edition of Fodder, we dig into the fundamentally different attitudes to collaboration when it comes to food systems transformation. Can social movements and environmental groups collaborate with industry to drive change, or do they risk being co-opted for the profits and interests of corporations?

Folklorist Ben Gazur guides you through the dark alleys of British history to uncover how our food habits have been passed down through generations of folklore. Gazur investigates the origins of famous food superstitions as well as much more bizarre and lesser-known tales. 

This book makes the case for an urgent move away from industrial agriculture towards regenerative farming and the promotion of plant-based diets. It features renowned experts such as Vandana Shiva, Jennifer Clapp, Olivier De Schutter and Henry Dimbleby as they discuss the routes in policy and practice to transform the food system. 

William Mosely explores why so many approaches to food and farming policy fail in Sub-Saharan Africa. He argues that it’s down to Western, colonial agricultural science that is infused with power and politics. This version is open-access. 

The WWF present a detailed analysis of the similarities, differences, opportunities and trade-offs across different food system types – outlining the transformation levers. It’s also an interactive tool is designed to help identify the places in which different solutions will deliver the highest impact. You can browse by country or specific solution.

This report by the Perennial Green Manures project shows its experiments with a system of providing nitrogen to crops by use of trees and shrubs grown in 'bioservice areas'. It argues it increases farm resilience by providing shelter and habitats, but also produces nitrogen-rich foliage which is applied to cropland. This could have benefits over fertiliser nitrogen and traditional organic methods in reducing greenhouse gases.