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Mariana Debernardini retweeted
24 Apr 2023
📢Pre-announcement: this year we are launching the Lighthouse Farm Academy: @WURacademy's programme for professionals on Redesigning Farming & Food, based on lessons from our Lighthouse Farms. Sign up to our summer school in June for a 1-week taster menu!
wur.nl/en/education-programm…
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Mariana Debernardini retweeted
Are you interested in being a PhD student within the Lighthouse network?
The Soil Biology Group at WUR and FiBL are partnering with a few of our Lighthouse farms as case studies to understand how soil biota can contribute to soil health! Vacancy information below 👇
1 Dec 2022
Do you want to study how soil biota can contribute to multifunctionality and soil health? Then check out this PhD, working with the Soil Biology Group at Wageningen University and FiBl. This PhD is part of a large EU project (BENCHMARKS) on soil health wur.nl/en/vacancy/phd-unders…
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Mariana Debernardini retweeted
4 Dec 2022
Breaking News: Iran has abolished its morality police after months of protests set off by the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who was arrested over the strict Islamic dress code. nyti.ms/3h5wmea
Community note
Iran has not "abolished" the morality police. The title of this article is misleading and disinformation. Iran's regime media is also denying the morality police has been "abolished."
twitter.com/arash_tehran/s…
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2 Dec 2022
Had a great time in Paris this week for the @ClimateFarmDemo Kick-off. Meeting 80 partners around Europe who I’ll be working with for the next 7 (!!!!) years was great, but the highlight was trying escargot for the first time 😋
Anybody know the carbon footprint of snail meat?
We’re excited to be a part of @ClimateFarmDemo a @HorizonEU project aiming to speed-up the adoption of climate mitigation & adaptation practices.
What’s our role? We will be helping build a network of 27 lighthouse farms focused on climate-smart practices! 😲
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Mariana Debernardini retweeted
27 Nov 2022
3:2 majority in EP in favour of amending the protection status of #wolf in the vote on livestock farming & large carnivores. Result heavily driven by false arguments, downgrading of natureprotection and simplistic wish-to-be solutions. (🧵)
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Mariana Debernardini retweeted
24 Nov 2022
How does community-led action result in landscape restoration?
PhD candidate, Tewodros G. Asresehegn shares the story of Atsbi Catchment in becoming a beacon for Sustainable Land Management in Ethiopia.
Read all about is work in our new blog : lighthousefarmnetwork.com/po…
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24 Nov 2022
Insurance and protection for farmers is important- losing livestock to carnivores is a devastating reality. But it really can’t be at the cost of wildlife protection. Compare global biomass of wild mammals (.3%) vs livestock (4%) shows we still need more space for nature.
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24 Nov 2022
There’s a vote today in the European Parliament to change the legal protection status of wolves. europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc…
14 Nov 2022
“About 40 percent of farmland in the United States is rented, most of it owned by landlords who are not actively involved in farming.”
Too high farmland prices squeezing out small, beginning and young farmers in the US, much like in Europe.
13 Nov 2022
The value of farmland is soaring across the U.S., hitting record highs this year and often pricing out small or beginning farmers who are going up against private equity firms and real estate developers. nyti.ms/3tsBKL8
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Mariana Debernardini retweeted
As the UN Conference on Climate Change gathers at @COP27, we took a moment to ask the Lighthouse Farmers:
“How does your farm contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals?” 🌏🌳👩🌾
As a whole, these farms contribute to almost all SDGs. Results below 👇
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Mariana Debernardini retweeted
9 Nov 2022
One thing I know already.
If not for voters under 30 ... tonight WOULD have been a Red Wave.
CNN National House Exit Poll
R 13 65
R 11 45-64
D 2 30-44
D 28 18-29
#GenZ did their job.
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Mariana Debernardini retweeted
9 Nov 2022
I am Congressman-Elect Maxwell Alejandro Frost and I will be the first member of Generation-Z in the United States Congress.
WE MADE HISTORY!!! Don’t count young people out.
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Mariana Debernardini retweeted
26 Oct 2022
Thank you Lenora & colleagues for illuminating the science that underpins our @fselighthouse Farm at #ERF that pioneered strip-cropping in the Netherlands:
farmersjournal.ie/strip-crop…
Follow @RoyMichielsen @RBSlobbe @mar_debern @stel_juventia for updates!
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Mariana Debernardini retweeted
22 Sep 2022
Developed with @WURacademy, the Lighthouse Farm Academy will show how food systems can be redesigned through:
💻online knowledge clips (learn)
🗺️regional workshops (apply)
🧑🌾visits to lighthouse farms (experience)
🧑🏫bespoke coaching (implement)
Interested? DM to pre-register.
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Mariana Debernardini retweeted
22 Sep 2022
Sneak preview...🤫
We are preparing to launch the Lighthouse Farm Academy in 2023, where actors in the food system can learn from the future, as illuminated by our Lighthouse Farms.
This week, we trialled the on-farm module in 🇦🇹 at @VERMIGRAND (inspired by LaJunquera 🇪🇸)
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Mariana Debernardini retweeted
29 Aug 2022
📢 It’s on Wednesday! Our study presentation on #FarmCertification schemes for #SustainableAgriculture!
Mark your 🗓️ - 31 August at 17:30!
You can attend online: bit.ly/3QOvJTa & check the study: bit.ly/3AYQkiz
#Research4Committees
@EP_Agriculture
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Mariana Debernardini retweeted
16 Aug 2022
Calling farmers, researchers & other people interested in agroecology!
The Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR) have created a survey to collect opinions on the transition to agroecology.
Answer online ⤵️
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Mariana Debernardini retweeted
15 Aug 2022
The Wageningen Soil Conference will organise its 5th edition in 2023. More information to follow soon, but for now: save the date and spread the word!
14 Jul 2022
📢📢Save the date!
The next Wageningen Soil Conference will be August 28 - September 1, 2023. Mark you calendars now!
#WSC2023 Watch for more info here: wageningensoilconference.eu/
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Mariana Debernardini retweeted
Commission moves to develop the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients (FaST) which MSs are obliged to provide to their farmers under new CAP. Study develops nutrient management and farm level GHG budget algorithms that can be locally parameterised ec.europa.eu/info/news/fast-…
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Mariana Debernardini retweeted
25 Jun 2022
Just another reminder that we can transform streets to be MUCH better for people, providing more enjoyable mobility choices, with more room for all the things streets are supposed to do, AND ACTUALLY MOVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE, IF we stop surrendering all the space to cars. HT @NACTO
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