Benjamin Dent @benjamindent
Sustainable farming & food via @CotswoldsNL, @Glos_FFP, @ValuechainsAg, Queensland University & @soilassociation linkedin.com/in/benjaminden… Joined January 2010-
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Inspired by listening to @ffinlocostain’s discussions about @em_generation, & how its engaging young regen farmers & others in agricultural transition. Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/far… Further info: emergentgeneration.co.uk
More details about our work with @CoolFarmTool and how farmers can be paid £200 by taking part in a research project: Via @FarmingUK farminguk.com/news/farmers-u…
More details about our work with @CoolFarmTool and how farmers can be paid £200 by taking part in a research project: Via @FarmingUK farminguk.com/news/farmers-u… https://t.co/nakz89xBu1
Farmers are invited to join a new paid research programme to help make their practices greener. The 'LUNZ Footprint' programme (co-led by @CCRI_UK) aims to make it simpler for farmers to measure & reduce their carbon footprint. Details and link to apply: farminguk.com/news/farmers-u…
Cotswolds Regenerative Agriculture Conference, Tuesday 4 March at @RoyalAgUni, organised by @CotswoldsNL with a fantastic line-up of speakers and workshops. Full details & tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-cotswold…
There’s growing interest in Gloucestershire about multifunctional land use frameworks, & this @FFC_Commission blog emphasises why they are important: ffcc.co.uk/conversations/…
Delighted to be working with @StroudDC to support local farmers, and to make sustainable food accessible for everyone: stroud.gov.uk/news/leaders-b…
Delighted to see our project with @CCRI_UK and Climate Leadership Gloucestershire reported on the BBC website: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… This work will help the county’s agri-food sector transition to #NetZero. It is being funded by @UKRI_News
Gloucestershire's Sustainable Food Gathering, 19 Nov at @HawkwoodCFT: Join people from across our county’s food & farming activities to celebrate progress & discuss next steps. + stimulating talks by @vickihird, @leticija_p & @changita For free ticket: eventbrite.co.uk/e/gloucestersh…
Delighted to be working with @CCRI_UK & Climate Leadership Gloucestershire on @UKRI_News funded project on how local public policies can best support the transition to net zero food & farming, and our health & wellbeing. For more details: ccri.ac.uk/news/10/2024/f…
New research project with @Glos_FFP & Climate Leadership Gloucestershire @GlosCC will help support agri-food sector's transition to #NetZero 🍎🫑🫓🧅🚜 Read more ⤵️ ccri.ac.uk/news/10/2024/f… #FoodSecurity #Research #Gloucestershire @UKRI_News
How could infrastructure be developed for Short Food Supply Chains? @DamianMaye drew on research in this area at today's event hosted by @ERC_UK & @CCRI_UK See our findings: nicre.co.uk/research-and-e… @06aims @PolicyNCL
Taking a break from pizza eating in Italy to share this write up of mine and @leylakazim's last @BBCFoodProg - new answers to the food waste problem, from fridge redesigns to waste laws 🗑️🚮🥗🍞🚫 bbc.co.uk/programmes/art…
Another highly informative @ffinlocostain podcast - especially enjoyed @vickihird on why & how to expand horticulture (at 55 1/2 mins). What can we do locally? Infrastructure? Public procurement? Support farmers? Encourage demand? 8point9.com/8-9-newsweek-p…
hi all. see below - very exciting new research post as part of our new UKRI-funded project all about socio-metabolic resilience and food systems led by @EmmaJ_Roe and with a fab team of researchers @FoodGeog @RGRG_Rural @RGS_IBG @ESRSociology @CCRI_UK
hi all. see below - very exciting new research post as part of our new UKRI-funded project all about socio-metabolic resilience and food systems led by @EmmaJ_Roe and with a fab team of researchers @FoodGeog @RGRG_Rural @RGS_IBG @ESRSociology @CCRI_UK
Jonty @ConygreeFarm, our co-founder, explains the roots of Emergent Generation in this video - #agroecology & #regenerative thinking. He explains why agroecology is beautifully complex and diverse, and why regenerative thinking goes beyond #sustainability.
This is interesting. @PeterboroughCC has become the 17th council to introduce a Healthier Food Advertising Policy. Should councils in Gloucestershire introduce one?
This is interesting. @PeterboroughCC has become the 17th council to introduce a Healthier Food Advertising Policy. Should councils in Gloucestershire introduce one?
Are you a young person interested in Climate Action (and 15+ years old) from Gloucestershire ? Check out this FREE event coming up at the start of next month - This has all been planned by a brilliant group of young people we work with. please help spread the word and support 🌎
Excellent summary by @wickedleeksmag of recent recommendations on increasing UK’s fruit and vegetable production: wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/news/englands-… What should we be doing in Gloucestershire?
Our friends @glosnature are looking for a new chair. It’s an opportunity to make a big contribution to nature recovery across our County: gloucestershirenature.org.uk/post/looking-f…. Closing date 18 May.
If you enjoyed the excellent @sixinchessoil - or even if you’ve not seen it! - these @ffinlocostain catch-up interviews with the young farmers featured 3 years after it was filmed are really interesting about how they farm regeneratively: 8point9.com/8-9ha-tv/

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Leanne Purnell @leannecommunity
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Prof Sarah Bridle @sarahbridle
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Sandip Subedi @agsandipsubedi
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James Windridge @TheWindyMiller
950 Followers 420 Following RAC graduate and farm manager on a large mixedfarming operation in the cotswolds. Tesco Future Farmer Foundation 2021, WCF 72nd
Sandra @kremer37sandra
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Tina @sullivan_tina18
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Stephanie @s_jimenez71
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GREAT Food Gloucester... @GREATFoodGlos
55 Followers 105 Following A Good Food Movement to engage and connect people, communities and organisations across Gloucestershire, championing and supporting county wide sustainable food
Sukhpreet Thind @SukhpreetT52980
123 Followers 551 Following Member of Kent Youth County Council. MYP for Kent- 2024 to 2026
Quantum @QuantumStraTech
107 Followers 381 Following Sustainability, climate change & renewable energy consultants
gabriela @gabriela3winche
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Judith @smith2judith
305 Followers 3K Following
Ruralink @ruralink
172 Followers 142 Following Home of the #RuralFacilitator course. On a mission to INSPIRE, INFORM and TRAIN career-changers and employers to grow SUSTAINABLE CAREERS on the land.
Fiona Broom @Fiona_Broom
697 Followers 2K Following Food, land, and seas reporter | AAAS Kavli 🥈 winner | Amateur mycologist | Now on Larrakia land, previously in 🇬🇧 🇳🇵 🇮🇳 🇱🇧
Howard Porter @HowardP25536040
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AFN Network+ @AFNnetwork
869 Followers 821 Following On a mission to bring together key thinkers, leaders and stakeholders, to drive our food & farming system towards a net zero UK by 2050. UKRI funded. 🍓🐄🌾
Vera·Jones @JohnOses2603
115 Followers 2K Following Do not wait for opportunities, and to create opportunities.
Clare Oxborrow @ClareyOx
1K Followers 937 Following Mum. Policy & Insight Unit @friends_earth. Trustee of @Eating_Better. Food. Outraged at many things, inspired by many more. Tweeting in personal capacity.
Healthy Soil, Healthy... @healthyfood_h3
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Dr. Precious M. Tshab... @thefoodsyster
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Whyz1 @Whyz111
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Ella Robinson @EllaTay82986495
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Lynn Dicks @LynnDicks
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Prof Dunc Cameron �... @dunkie_c
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Postharvest Research ... @UCPostharvest
1K Followers 276 Following Reducing postharvest losses and improving the quality, safety and marketability of fresh horticultural products.
Soil Association @SoilAssociation
105K Followers 5K Following Soil Association is the charity that digs deeper to transform the way we eat, farm & care for our natural world Twitter guidelines 👉https://t.co/9Q2Uokr9Bx
Food, Farming and Cou... @FFC_Commission
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4K Followers 3K Following *People and nature, thriving together* SVP works with communities to protect habitats and help people feel connected to nature. Mainly on other socials :-)
FarmED @RealFarmED
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Vicki Hird MSc FRES �... @vickihird
11K Followers 2K Following Env justice/farming/food/bugs Campaigns, lobby, research Also @WildlifeTrusts. Wrote 'Rebugging the Planet' & 'Perfectly Safe to Eat?' Own views. RT≠agree
CCRI @CCRI_UK
5K Followers 4K Following Shaping rural development policy & practice in the UK, Europe & further afield. Over 85% of our research is judged as internationally significant. (REF 2021).
Pete Kennedy @PeteKennedy
2K Followers 1K Following Deputy Leader of Stroud District Council. Cllr for Painswick and Upton. Trying to create a better world with @TheGreenParty
Creative Sustainabili... @cscicorg
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Farmer Tom 🇬🇧 �... @Farmer_Tom_UK
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Sustain @UKSustain
26K Followers 2K Following We believe everyone should have access to healthy and sustainably produced food that protects people, animals and planet.
Niels Corfield @niels_corfield
6K Followers 2K Following Independent Farming Advisor & Trainer Soil health, pasture health, agroforestry, whole farm planning.
Stroud Times @StroudTimes
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Fidelity Weston @romshedfarm
2K Followers 1K Following Conservation farming supplying organic, naturally reared beef, lamb and chicken approved #Pastureforlife 100% grass-fed. Meat with real flavour and goodness.
Stroud District Counc... @StroudDC
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Patrick Galbraith @PaddyGalbraith
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Ben Dent @indentcompsci
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Political Currency @polcurrency
11K Followers 59 Following Podcast from Ed Balls and George Osborne. The former rivals take us behind closed doors into the rooms where decisions are made. New episodes Monday & Thursday.
Michael Dower Award @DowerAward
19 Followers 0 Following The Michael Dower European Rural Resilience Award is intended to foster rural resilience. It is open to all Europeans who care about our common values.
Last Week Tonight @LastWeekTonight
2.8M Followers 328 Following Breaking news on a weekly basis. #LastWeekTonight with John Oliver (@iamjohnoliver) Sundays at 11PM on @HBO.
William Hague @WilliamJHague
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Tarayana Foundation @TarayanaFoundat
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The Weekly Show with ... @weeklyshowpod
29K Followers 73 Following On Mondays Jon Stewart hosts The Daily Show, but on Thursdays he hosts The Weekly Show. Listen wherever you get your podcasts & watch on YouTube.
Doug Wanstall @DougWanstall
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Back British Game @BackBritishGame
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Jerry Alford @jerryalford123
884 Followers 962 Following @SoilAssociation arable and soils advisor .Views my own
Eat Game @EatGameUK
6K Followers 1K Following We are Eat Game. We aim to educate, inspire and promote the benefits of eating sustainable, delicious game meat. #DiscoverYourWildSide
Jon Stewart @jonstewart
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John Oliver @iamjohnoliver
5.1M Followers 143 Following Comedian. @LastWeekTonight, @TheDailyShow, The Bugle Podcast (@hellobuglers)
Dr Ally Jaffee @drallyjaffee
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Regenerate Outcomes @RegenerateOutco
223 Followers 426 Following Regenerate Outcomes supports farmers to grow profits and improve crop and livestock performance by building functional soil
Edward Dickin @naked_barley
4K Followers 4K Following Teaching crop production @HarperAdamsUni Breeding #nakedbarley and non-commodity #grains #intercropping @UKGrainlab @ctp_sai @H2020Cropdiva Own views etc.
Tom Lancaster @tommlancaster
2K Followers 1K Following Land, food & farming lead @ECIU_UK working across climate, farming and land use issues. Previously did agriculture and land use policy at RSPB. Views all mine.
Jack Thompson @jack__thompson
1K Followers 2K Following Freelance food & farming journalist covering W Africa, based in Dakar. Words @FT @AP @bbcworldservice @AJEnglish @restofworld @hakaimagazine @vittlesmagazine
A.A.Milne @A_AMilne
95K Followers 7K Following "Did you ever stop to think and forget to start again?" Celebrating words written, or inspired by, the much-loved author and playwright. Instagram: @a_amilne
Matthew Oates @MatthewOates76
9K Followers 924 Following Nature First! The Times Nature Notebook writer. Poetry & Lit. Insects esp. Emperors & fritillaries. South Country. Retired, to lose myself in Nature. Rewilded.
The Sandy Hill Mob @sandyhillmob
607 Followers 182 Following #PastureforLife certified, 100% #grassfed #beef. Mob grazing, farming for nature and for the future. New entrant regenerative farmers on NT's Sherborne estate.
Dr Simon Pickering @simonpic78
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Leanne Purnell @leannecommunity
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Food Systems, Land Us... @FOLURimpact
920 Followers 639 Following @WorldBank-led, @theGEF-supported, FOLUR Impact Program promotes sustainable, integrated landscapes and food production in 27 country projects. We follow back.
Chilterns National La... @ChilternsNL
8K Followers 1K Following The Chilterns National Landscape is protected as one of the finest areas of countryside in the UK.
Wensum Farmers Group @Wensumfarmers
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Gordon Buchanan @gordonjbuchanan
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Stop Food Waste Day @_StopFoodWaste_
4K Followers 722 Following Celebrate with us on the last Wednesday of April for #StopFoodWasteDay!
Chelt Food & Drink @CheltFoodFest
3K Followers 942 Following 19th, 20th, 21st June 2026. You will find all sorts of artisan food, products, wine and craft ale on show, enjoy a day with friends and family at the festival.
Stella Parkes @stellaparkes
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REGENETARIANISM תִ�... @REGENETARIANISM
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Nicola Cutcher @NicolaCutcher
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John Pawsey 🌞 @hanslope
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Trinity Rooms Communi... @Stroud_TRCH
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Matt Chorley @MattChorley
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Prof Sarah Bridle @sarahbridle
3K Followers 690 Following Professor of Food, Climate and Society in the Department of Environment and Geography the University of York (they/them).
Cllr Gill Thomas @CllrGillThomas
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Dan Crossley @dan_crossley
5K Followers 2K Following No longer active on here. Exec Director, Food Ethics Council. Interested in all things food & fairness.
International Public ... @ippouk
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Roger Harrabin @RHarrabin
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MinchCAN @CanMinch
243 Followers 832 Following Nature-loving, future-making, community-building, all-including cake-eating #ClimateAction group for the commons communities around #Minchinhampton. Go on, do.