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Our Future in the Land

Our Future in the Land

The final report from the RSA Food, Farming and Countryside Commission, which sets out radical and practical proposals for government, business, communities, and citizens. It includes a framework for change to achieve our ambitious vision of the future. Published July 2019.

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Field Guide for the Future

Field Guide for the Future

The accompaniment to Our Future in the Land. The Field Guide for the Future is a practical guide from the Commission's inquiries, featuring case studies of good practice and stories of change – the future, happening now. Published July 2019.

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Our Future in the Land - Executive Summary

Our Future in the Land - Executive Summary

A five page summary of Our Future in the Land report featuring key messages, proposals and recommendations. Published July 2019.

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Scotland Field Guide for the Future - Scotland inquiry report

Scotland Field Guide for the Future - Scotland inquiry report

The report gathers stories from people and organisations making real changes on the ground. They illuminate how agriculture, food production, research, policy, government agencies, community groups, and individuals in Scotland are all working together to help improve the environment and the public’s health and wellbeing.

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Lay of the Land - Northern Ireland inquiry report

Lay of the Land - Northern Ireland inquiry report

The report outlines the need for a transformation in the food and farming system to respond to the climate emergency; restore biodiversity; improve health and wellbeing; and develop Northern Ireland's distinctive pattern of farming to support and revitalise rural communities.

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GRASS-ROOTS - DEVON INQUIRY REPORT

GRASS-ROOTS - DEVON INQUIRY REPORT

Grass-roots: a sustainable future for food, farming and the countryside in Devon and the South West is the final report of our Devon inquiry. 

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Fork in the Road

Fork in the Road

In the course of seven months, 24 researchers travelled the UK by bicycle.

We embarked on this journey to inform the work of the Commission, so we could understand in depth and detail the real, grounded stories from everyday life in the countryside. 

We listened to people in their homes and at work, upending conventional processes of consultation. This book brings together some of those journeys. Published April 2019.

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Our Common Ground

Our Common Ground

This interim report takes what we learned from November 2017 to October 2018 and sets out five themes for further work to achieve our ambitious vision for the future of food, farming and the countryside. Published October 2018.

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Prospectus

Prospectus

We outline the landscape in which the Commission set out to have influence, sketching some of the shared challenges that span food, farming & countryside: growing a mandate for change. Published November 2017.

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