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1. CCRI @CCRI_UK 2m

Sustainable Intensification - introduction #farming #organic #rsfarming

http://audioboo.fm/boos/1379228-sustainable-intensification-

introduction?utm_campaign=detailpage&utm_content=retweet&utm_medium=social&utm_source

=twitter … via @ReedMtweet

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2. CCRI @CCRI_UK 20m

Food - An Insecure Context by @ReedMtweet of @CCRI_UK

http://www.slideshare.net/CCRI/reed-introduction … Matt's intro from last nights @royalsociety

talk #RSFarming

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3. Matt @ReedMtweet 44m

The organic foot printing project I mentioned last night - results in the Autumn. @robdlillywhite

#RSfarming http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/wcc/research/impact/farmingsystems/ …

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4. Matt @ReedMtweet 49m

New calculations on a familiar theme of food self-reliance. #RSfarming #organic

http://www.theecologist.org/campaigning/1900702/is_sustainable_local_food_production_possible.

html …

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5. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 3h

Thanks to everyone who attended @royalsociety PolicyLab event last night great questions and a

great panel #RSfarming pic.twitter.com/SAdP5dCUtb

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6. CCRI @CCRI_UK 3h

CCRI daily out now http://paper.li/CCRI_UK/1328528398 … Headlines via @DefraStats

including agri-env data sets #RSfarming

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7. Rob Yorke @blackgull 4h

My take on #RSfarming @royalsociety: change land manage mindset; knowledge transfer key &

@SoilAssociation, don't paint yrslf into a corner

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8. Rosie Louisa Cassidy @LouisaRosie 4h

@blackgull @royalsociety @ReedMtweet Ah thank you, looking forward to reading about it :)

#RSfarming

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9. Rob Yorke @blackgull 4h

@LouisaRosie Believe @royalsociety will post details of most stimulating #RSfarming

@ReedMtweet Presenters keeping to 5min each was brill!

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10. CCRI @CCRI_UK 4h

Sounds as though there was some good debate @royalsociety last night on #rsfarming as hashtag

still going. Any links to presentations etc?

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11. John Kazer @johnkazer 4h

Main conclusion from #rsfarming on #sustainableintensification? Our ideas of distinct farm

"systems" are too rigid, new metrics=new systems

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12. Matt @ReedMtweet 4h

I cut 2 possible discussions short last night - organic yields & GM tech - to make more time 4

questions. Happy to discuss now #rsfarming

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13. Rob Yorke @blackgull 4h

@PaulWoldfarm Impossible to divorce 'elephant in room' with food prod but 'SI' must conserve

enviro agric #soil #water ecosystems #RSfarming

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14. John Kazer @johnkazer 4h

Excellent meeting last night, practical issues in agri sustainable intensification #rsfarming

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15. FS&T @FST_IFST 4h

Didn't get much of a chance to live tweet from #RSfarming yesterday but articles to come. Very

great night at @royalsociety

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16. Matt @ReedMtweet 6h

Didn't get chance to tweet, but check out last nights #rsfarming - debate on sustainable

intensification pic.twitter.com/lTEKAeHpIH

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17. Healthy Planet UK @HealthyPlanetUK 15h

. @RSocLive probably given increasing disconnect with where our food comes from. But why

don't we already know this?! #RSfarming

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18. Sarah Giles @SarahLGiles 15h

Put my tweeting skills to the test this evening on the @RSocLive account. Check out the live

updates of @royalsociety #RSfarming event

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19. Matthew Williams @shamwari29 15h

"@blackgull: The word everyone loves to hate: intensification. But no other word if globally

productive #agric land near limit #RSfarming"

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20. Richard Sheane @RichardSheane 15h

For me #sustainable intensification in #agriculture (in UK) is definitely about new #tech and real

#innovation. Not just BAU+ #RSFarming

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21. Rob Yorke @blackgull 16h

Pretty intense Q&A at @royalsociety seminar on, you guessed it, sustainable intensification

#RSfarming Be open to all forms of #farm systems

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22. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 17h

@reedmtweet people now less sensitive to how their food produced, do sometimes now see

animals killed on tv #RSfarming

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23. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 17h

Defra, government tries not to tell people what to think #RSfarming

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24. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 17h

NFU retailers already doing this in response to consumer demand, put up pictures in their

supermarkets #RSfarming

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25. Tim Roberts @twr57 17h

#RSfarming Nagoya protocol - to be ratified this summer. Will it impede research on genetic

resources? DEFRA not currently concerned

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26. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 17h

Natural environment inextricably linked to food production. Should this be highlighted to

consumers? #RSfarming

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27. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 17h

David Baulcombe, breeding in tomatoes, new technologies and GM will allow us to diversify

agriculture and cope with challenges #RSfarming

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28. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 17h

Defra need research by innovative farmers and growers to explore that question #RSfarming

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29. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 17h

Janet dwyers, theres increasing market for local diverse products. E.g. Local diverse cheeses have

made it big #RSfarming

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30. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 17h

What can we do to ensure there is a more diverse market for new products? We buy what we know

#RSfarming

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31. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 18h

NFU farmers are already using technologies such as GPS to deliver very precise farming

#RSfarming

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32. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 18h

And ammonia from agriculture and other pollutants! #RSfarming

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33. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 18h

David fowler FRS, carbon emissions from farming increasing, does not see sustainable

intensification as something on the mend #RSfarming

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34. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 18h

@reedmtweet farmers must think in terms of future resilience as often family owned and cross

generational businesses #RSfarming

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35. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 18h

Les Firbank, beginning to see this in UK extreme weather in past year. Will have to learn from

organic farms and rely on soil #RSfarming

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36. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 18h

How can agriculture perform if the capital base is entirely eroded? The apocalypse scenario!

#RSfarming

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37. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 18h

Defra, production choices can be improved through education #RSfarming

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38. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 18h

NFU no way we can eliminate 30% of food waste, its consumer habits and demands #RSfarming

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39. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 18h

Janey Dwyer, increasing consumer awareness important, and also adapting supermarket criteria so

less than perfect food not wasted #RSfarming

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40. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 18h

Elephant in the room? The role of the consumer in sustainable intensification. If people just waste

less food can we not achieve? #RSfarming

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41. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 18h

David Baulcombe, it is policy but it needs a good technical application #RSfarming

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42. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 18h

Is this a policy question or a mind set among landowners? Interesting, who are we really aiming to

influence? #RSfarming

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43. dominic dyer @domdyer70 18h

First question from a farmer, sustainable intensification is so obvious it is hardly worth talking

about! Yet here we are! #RSfarming”

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44. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 18h

Currently debating the wedge between agro environmental schemes and business development.

Need to tie together the two #RSfarming

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45. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 18h

First question from a farmer, sustainable intensification is so obvious it is hardly worth talking

about! Yet here we are! #RSfarming

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46. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 18h

Amount of money in CAP rural pillar two funds has been and will be significantly cut #RSfarming

#CAPreform

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47. Rob Yorke @blackgull 18h

#NFU at #RSfarming UK agric most intense mid 80s. Since then more extensive; 30% less fert &

#pesticide use but production flat lining.

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48. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 18h

Greening measures in CAP have been so watered down they are meaningless! Martin Haworth of

the NFU @royalsociety #RSfarming #CAPreform

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49. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 18h

Terrible negative associations with the word 'intensive' especially with relation to battery farming

#RSfarming

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50. Emma Woods @sdoowamme 18h

Martin Haworth (NFU): people need to realise that we reached the heights of intensification in the

mid 1980s #RSfarming

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51. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 18h

NFU we need to improve self sufficiancy, and there is a growing demand for more local produce

#RSfarming

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52. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 18h

NFU produce more, impact less. We got there first with this sustainable intensification idea!

Farmers are behind this. #RSfarming

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53. Emma Woods @sdoowamme 18h

From Defra to the NFU - @royalsociety does like to mix things up! #RSfarming

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54. Rob Yorke @blackgull 18h

@arrhenius whizzing through stuff at @royalsociety #RSfarming before he can be quoted. Aka

Minimum Dress Code reqd re #CAP

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55. Rob Yorke @blackgull 18h

Economics, before enviro, drive most farmers to their enterprise choices @royalsociety

#RSfarming > similar to us in our weekly food shop?

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56. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 18h

Defra - we need a much greater focus on research into sustainable intensification, there is budget

for this #RSfarming

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57. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 19h

Negligibly greener, significantly more complex, defras Martin Nesbit kicks off UK CAP discussion

#CAPreform #RSfarming

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58. Neal Evans @nealev 19h

RT @RSocLive: Les Firbank is discussing the trade offs between intensifying and reducing carbon

footprint of farms. Tricky. #RSfarming

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59. Emma Woods @sdoowamme 19h

Farmers prefer land sparing to land sharing, says Firbank (see

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/sparing-or-sharing-protecting-wild-species-may-require-

growing-more-food-on-less-land …) #RSfarming

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60. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 19h

Different farming sectors have different possibilities to achieve sustainable intensification arable

sectors have the best chance #RSfarming

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61. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 19h

Les is discussing the trade offs between intensifying and reducing carbon footprint of farms. Tricky.

#RSfarming

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62. Emma Woods @sdoowamme 19h

Les Firbank cuts straight to the chase: sustainable intensification is NOT happening consistently

across UK #RSfarming

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63. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 19h

And onto Les Firbank. Is sustainable intensification real?! In the mind of farmers? #RSfarming

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64. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 19h

Pillar two of CAP is a very good toolkit, has huge potential as a policytoolkit but frustratingly thus

is currently not utilised #RSfarming

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65. Rob Yorke @blackgull 19h

All agric systems must incl 'building environmental resilience' Cannot intensify without it

#RSfarming

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66. Emma Woods @sdoowamme 19h

UK Government view: the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is an anachronism... and one that

costs 0.5% of GDP #RSfarming

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67. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 19h

The extent to which the current CAP subsides and rules achieve these things is contested

#RSfarming

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68. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 19h

CAP should provide income support, support to the sector and maintain basic environment and food

quality safeguards #RSfarming

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69. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 19h

Janet Dwyer discusses main challenges facing the rural communities in Europe, complex set of

demands from rural resources #RSfarming

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70. Emma Woods @sdoowamme 19h

Janet Dwyer (Gloucester Uni) opts for definition of sustainable intensification in this new report:

http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/africanagriculturaldevelopment/themontpellierpanel/themontpellierpan

elreport2013 … #RSfarming

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71. Richard Sheane @RichardSheane 19h

David Baulcombe: Sustainable intensification often misinterpreted. It's about making the most of

science & tech e.g. GM #rsfarming

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72. Emma Woods @sdoowamme 19h

Genetically engineering crops for stress tolerance = one route to sustainable intensification. David

Baulcombe FRS at #RSfarming

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73. Rob Yorke @blackgull 19h

The word everyone loves to hate: intensification. But no other word if globally productive #agric

land near limit #RSfarming

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74. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 19h

Sustainable intensification is NOT a trade off, it is about using science and technology to make the

most of what we have got #RSfarming

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75. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 19h

If we are to get more from the same peice of land then we must find a way to intensify, land sparing

or land sharing #RSfarming

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76. Emma Woods @sdoowamme 19h

Further info here: http://royalsociety.org/policy/publications/2009/reaping-benefits/ …

#RSfarming

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77. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 19h

David Baulcombe stresses the importance of biological sciences in the sustainable feeding of the

planets population #RSfarming

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78. Rob Yorke @blackgull 19h

Increasingly acute tensions in the #CAP delivering competitive #agric, affordable #food & 'co-

production' of #nature #RSfarming

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79. FS&T @FST_IFST 19h

David Baulcombe describes the birth of the term 'sustainable intensification' #rsfarming

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80. Emma Woods @sdoowamme 19h

Matt Reed kicks off proceedings with a nice plug for @royalsociety's 'Reaping the Benefits' report

#RSfarming

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81. Royal Society Live @RSocLive 19h

@ReedMtweet opens with a quote from @royalsociety report, reap the benefits, good start!

#RSfarming

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82. Rob Yorke @blackgull 19h

'Sustainable Intensification: the future of farming in Europe' heading up the agenda at

@royalsociety Peak food? #RSfarming

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83. Neal Evans @nealev 19h

At the @royalsociety for 'sustainable intensification: the future of farming in Europe?'

#RSfarming should be an interesting discussion

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84. Richard Sheane @RichardSheane 19h

Apparently the hashtag is #rsfarming ...

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85. FS&T @FST_IFST 20h

At the @royalsociety for 'sustainable intensification: the future of farming in Europe?'

#RSfarming

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86. Emma Woods @sdoowamme 9 May

Looks set to be a lively @royalsociety PolicyLab tonight on sustainable intensification and CAP

reform. I'll be tweeting updates #RSfarming

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87. Matt @ReedMtweet 8 May

Sustainable Intensification - introduction http://boo.fm/b1379228 via @audioboo #farming

#organic #rsfarming

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88. Matt @ReedMtweet 8 May

New special issue on Food Security http://www.fcrn.org.uk/research-library/food-

security/general/new-special-issue-food-security-journal-rural-studies … - more on the 'fractured

consensus' #RSfarming #organic

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89. Matt @ReedMtweet 8 May

@CCRI_UK @farminguk @makemineMilk @Riverford True, also check out the bucking

bovines http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcmzXDXMbgQ … #RSfarming #organic

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90. Matt @ReedMtweet 7 May

A dip in the price of food, or just the volatility of markets? #RSfarming #food

http://www.fwi.co.uk/articles/07/05/2013/138945/world-grain-markets-

nervous.htm#.UYkUI5VBQzY …

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91. Matt @ReedMtweet 3 May

Getting ready to chair RoyalSociety PolicyLab "Sustainable Intensification: the future of farming in

Europe?" on 9 May #RSfarming more soon.

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