Who should pay for solutions beyond the low hanging fruit? I learnt from the @worldbankgroup.bsky.social that 635 billion dollars is spent on agricultural subsidies each year. Do we really need new money for sustainability? Or do we need to have a conversation about how to spend the 635bn? (3/3)

Home | ARCZero (ARCZero) is a European Innovation Partnership project made up of a co-operative of 7 farms in Northern Ireland. It seeks to measure and manage carbon flows at the individual farm level to empower fa...

Science? Check. Practice? Check. Is that enough to invoke change? Not quite. John explains why we may all benefit from the more systemic approach that he and his colleagues at ARCZeroNI are piloting in Northern Ireland: www.arczeroni.org
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Thoughtful and thought-provoking in equal measure: Prof. John Gilliland (representing our Lighthouse Farm community on the Island of Ireland) on the lessons to be learnt from the Bovaer debate.
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Lighthouse Farm Academy Join our Lighthouse Farm Academy on the future of farming and sustainable farms. Discover the transformative concepts of future farming, creating resilient and profitable agricultural businesses in co...

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Happy birthday Lighthouse Farm Academy! A peek behind the scenes:

Here's the team elebrating the first year of exploring the future of farming and food worldwide.

2025 has been set up and is ready to go - sign up now for the full experience at a Lighthouse Farm of your choice (link in comments👇).

"How to monitor the ‘success’ of agricultural sustainability: A perspective", by Loekie Schreefel, our own @rachelcreamer.bsky.social, Hannah van Zanten, Imke de Boer, @rogierschulte.bsky.social and others. doi.org/10.1016/j.gf... #OpenAccess.

That's how I found out that (British) Guyana would actually cover most of Britain...

... and that "tiny Gabon" is actually twice the size of Greece...

Can you work out the other countries that - together - would cover most of Europe? Any surprises?
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Sunday surprise: Yemen is larger than Finland?? Mercator has a lot to answer for...

Although I "knew" this, I keep going back to the website www.thetruesize.com, where you can project any country on top of others...
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More knowl­edge, more sustain­ability: Light­house Farm Network Participants from banks, NGOs and machine manufacturers learn more about the current challenges facing agriculture and possible solutions at the Lighthouse Farm Academy. With the accumulated knowledge...

"Learning from the Future" at the Lighthouse Farm Academy:

Marc Gijsbers from the World Business Council on Sustainable Development explains how our week-long Lighthouse Farm Labs gave him the tools to make a difference:

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Hello! I’m excited to begin sharing my work and stories on transdisciplinary research, serious games, and food systems. To kick things off, here’s our latest article: A sustainable game changer? Systematic review of serious games used for agriculture and research agenda - doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

Welcome to my Bluesky account. Stay tuned for news from our Lighthouse Farms and connect to a growing network of changemakers for the future of farming and food. Taking an on-farm perspective, grounded by science.

For longer posts, follow me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/rogier-sc...