Neil Ward

A fantastic resource, especially if you need a break from the doomscrolling

George Osborne and Ed Balls have used the latest @polcurrency.bsky.social pod to call out @instituteforgovernment.org.uk (among v distinguished company) for our "technocratic obsession" with a single fiscal event a year. Guilty as charged.

In The Story of Capital, the world's foremost Marxist geographer and economist takes us by the hand on a tour of contemporary capitalism. Over the decades, David Harvey has won the acclaim of… THE STORY OF CAPITAL by David Harvey | What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works

For decades, @davidharvey.org has been teaching Marx's work. This new book opens up the mental universe of that work for a general reader.

Strengthening environmental ambition in the proposal for the CAP 2028–2034  - IEEP AISBL This briefing evaluates whether the Commission’s proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the period 2028–2034 are fit to drive the scale of environmental and climate action Europe now needs. Despite some positive steps, the proposed framework could ultimately undermine environmental ambition if key weaknesses in funding, governance and performance monitoring remain unresolved.  

Are @ec.europa.eu proposals for #CAP for the period 2028–2034 fit to drive the scale of environmental and climate action Europe now needs?

Read our latest briefing to find out 👇

Happy 73rd birthday, Poison Ivy of The Cramps

I really wish announcements about new schemes from public funders like the ESRC weren't made via paywalled articles...

Broiler chickens live for about 38-42 days.

Quiet Deliriously Riotous

📚 New research out today ‘Potential Pathways and Solutions to Acute Food System Crisis in the UK’, examines how a serious food crisis could happen in the UK, and what can be done to stop it.

Read in full here: www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/18...

Yes - the stranded assets paper is well worth a read. The reference to the Guardian is because their journalist claimed the involvement of the Joint Intelligence Committee in the production of the report.

“None of the important issues facing the food system can be adequately addressed without strong underpinning social science.” In this guest feature✍️ @profneilward.bsky.social emphasises a crucial role for social science in transforming the UK’s food system. ➡️ acss.org.uk/transforming...

Digest: National Security Assessment - AFN Network+ Defra has quietly published what should be one of the most significant reports on UK food security in years: a national security assessment of global biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse - read our...

Defra has quietly published what should be one of the most significant reports on UK food security in years: a national security assessment of global biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse. Read our digest 👉 tinyurl.com/53tmhcaa

“When I am dead and gone
My Vibrations will live on
In vibes on vinyl through the years
People will dance to my waves”

Mark E. Smith 5 March 1957 – 24 January 2018

Three ways to make the UK’s food system more resilient – according to new report by 150 experts Modelling shows that we will need to change not just how we farm, but what farming produces and what we eat.

I wrote this on UK food system resilience a few weeks back: theconversation.com/three-ways-t...

Three ways to make the UK’s food system more resilient – according to new report by 150 experts Modelling shows that we will need to change not just how we farm, but what farming produces and what we eat.

I recently wrote this on UK food system resilience: theconversation.com/three-ways-t...

Three ways to make the UK’s food system more resilient – according to new report by 150 experts Modelling shows that we will need to change not just how we farm, but what farming produces and what we eat.

These thoughts from me: theconversation.com/three-ways-t...

Three ways to make the UK’s food system more resilient – according to new report by 150 experts Modelling shows that we will need to change not just how we farm, but what farming produces and what we eat.

Here is what I wrote a few weeks back on strengthening UK food system resilience: theconversation.com/three-ways-t...

"The UK does not have enough land to feed its population and rear livestock: a wholesale change in consumer diets would be required." re: the challenge of food security under nature collapse.

from a UK govt national security assessment out today…

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...

Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn Ecosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt

"Without significant increases in UK food system and supply chain resilience, it is unlikely the UK would be able to maintain food security if ecosystem collapse drives geopolitical competition for food" - says Joint Intelligence Cttee. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#afnnetwork.bsky.social

A thoughtful and interesting speech for anyone trying to make sense of what on earth is happening

My Dad said it sounded like a bloke putting up a shed …

I guess dry January wasn't a thing then

I'll be speaking at this event, and you can book here: www.tinyurl.com/FSTS26

Three ways to make the UK’s food system more resilient – according to new report by 150 experts Modelling shows that we will need to change not just how we farm, but what farming produces and what we eat.

If you are on the way to the #OxfordRealFarmingConference, you might be interested to read this piece: theconversation.com/three-ways-t...

⭐New guest feature⭐ In this piece @profneilward.bsky.social of @tyndallcentre.bsky.social emphasises a crucial role for social science in transforming the UK’s food system to help address a range of issues incl. climate change, food security & agricultural resilience.➡️ acss.org.uk/transforming...

Was this the one where Gillian played some guitar ?

UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recorded

"The evidence suggests that climate impacts are what’s actually driving issues of profitability as opposed to policy change. Without reaching net zero emission there is no way to limit the impacts making food production in the UK ever more difficult.”

https://bit.ly/4pfrq4d

SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.

"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA