Name
Farm Net Zero
country
United Kingdom
Goal
This project aims to create opportunities for farmers in Cornwall to learn about practical and economically beneficial changes they can make to farming practice in order to help the broader farming community move towards net-zero carbon emissions. The project will address the contributions agriculture makes to the UK's overall carbon footprint through scaling up a blend of local demonstrator farms targeting soil health bespoke farm carbon footprint calculating and peer-to-peer learning on effective action.
Main Topic
Sustainable food: from "farm to fork"; a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system
All Topics
Responsible and circular economy: mobilizing industry for a clean and circular economy
Sustainable food: from "farm to fork": a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system
Zero pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment
Scale
- Regional (e.g. a province, including multiple cities)
Actors
- Community-based initiative (i.e. citizens, cooperative, neighbourhood group)
- Non-profit organisation (i.e. pursues a particular social cause, e.g. schools, foundations, social movement)
Main Activity
Showcasing and/or demonstrating practices;
Activities
- Providing knowledge transfer / advisory / education services
- Showcasing and/or demonstrating practices
Source
This initiative was provided by the SGD consortium.
This initiative is self-reported and not identified by the SHARED GREEN DEAL Consortium
CONTACT
For further details please contact co-leads Dr Chris Foulds (chris.foulds@aru.ac.uk) and Dr Rosie Robison (rosie.robison@aru.ac.uk).
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 101036640. The sole responsibility for the content of this website lies with the SHARED GREEN DEAL HAS project and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union.