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Great podcast on natural capital markets and how they can support farmers, with our CEO, Martin Lines, as one of the speakers. Definitely worth a listen!

Climate Action Lab 🌍🌾 - mailchi.mp/hawkwoodcolleg… Join us for Climate Action Lab, a two-day conference focusing on food, farming and nature! 🌱 📅 20th - 21st Feb 📍 Hawkwood, GL6 7QW Book your place here: hawkwoodcollege.co.uk/our-programmes…

Do check out the current Museum in the Park Growing Places gallery exhibition by Walking the Land! Some of our wonderful Trinity Rooms Community Hub team have been involved (among many other local groups) in this Stroud based art project over 10 months. rb.gy/zhaq9g

Always excellent, this week’s The Food Programme was especially interesting on national food policies, & with transferrable lessons to us locally: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Cotswolds Regenerative Agriculture Conference, Tuesday 4 March at Royal Agricultural University, organised by Cotswolds National Landscape with a fantastic line-up of speakers and workshops. Full details & tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-cotswold…

£15 million food surplus fund now open for applications. Food redistribution charities can submit applications for grants starting at £20,000. Applications can be submitted until midday on 13 March. More details: gov.uk/government/new…

Farmers are invited to join a new paid research programme to help make their practices greener. The 'LUNZ Footprint' programme (co-led by CCRI) aims to make it simpler for farmers to measure & reduce their carbon footprint. Details and link to apply: farminguk.com/news/farmers-u…

More details about our work with Cool Farm Alliance and how farmers can be paid £200 by taking part in a research project: Via FarmingUK farminguk.com/news/farmers-u…

Free carbon literacy training for firms in the food supply chain with an annual turnover of less than £5m. Deadline for applications 10 March. Full details here: carbonliteracy.com/food-hospitali…

Fabulous & free cooking lesson offered by Gloucestershire CC on 15 April in Cheltenham (although please note that eligibility criteria apply - see bottom right of the leaflet).

The government has confirmed that it will introduce a new GCSE in natural history: positive.news/society/greeni…

Ever wondered where our food waste goes? Just watch this 3 minute video from Gloucestershire CC: youtube.com/watch?v=X_BnWw… (I don’t think Chris is using the term ‘soup’ in a culinary way)

Until 26 April, Voices Gloucester are hosting a photographic exhibition celebrating Gloucester’s allotments and allotmenteers. The exhibition is at the Heritage Hub in Clarence Row. Full details, including opening times at voicesgloucester.org.uk/events/growing…

Gloucestershire’s David Barton on why any trade deal must ensure beef imported from the US meets UK standards: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

How can data & technology be used to unlock the most impactful #LandUse strategies? What does this mean for #Glos & beyond? We welcome Jenny Phelps MBE FWAG SouthWest next week. Join us for her talk, to network & partake of croissants! 🎫 Book tinyurl.com/fjb2f7n8.

Not yet read our Trinity Rooms Community Newsletter for this month? You can check it out for free today via the Read Our April 2025 News link at linktr.ee/trinity.rooms P.S. Our Friday Cafe is running as usual today so do also pop into our Stroud Hub if local! #food #support

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Great episode on the potential for public catering in schools hospitals etc to support health, farmers and Environment with Kath Dalmeny 💙 Sustain Katie Palmer of Food Sense Wales / Synnwyr Bwyd Cymru And great projects pioneering with food procurement bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Insights from AFN Network+’s ‘farmer jury’ on climate action are fascinating (see ffinlo Costain - 8point9.com & Farm Gate podcast’s summary & link: 8point9.com/farmers-want-t…). More farmer clusters in Glos would help farmers to have “a more central role in shaping goals, policy and specific interventions.”

What a wonderful resource for Gloucestershire residents interested in climate issues. Thank you Jonathon Porritt.