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Soil is fundamental to life on our planet. Soil can be thought of as our earth’s protective skin. It nourishes us with food, provides fresh air and water, allows a rich biodiversity to flourish, protects us from climate change impacts and also provides timber to be produced for building materials. It must be protected or we will perish. It is a vital resource - particularly in the communities that primarily live off the land, such as in our crofting communities. Previously I was lucky enough to work with the Soil Association Scotland, teachers, pupils, crofters, farmers and growers on a
SEFARI have produced a summary of their current actions and combined capability available to assist national and regional strategies in dealing with the extreme public health and wider societal crisis posed by the COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) pandemic. SEFARI encompasses over a hundred years of expertise, facilities and datasets in the environment, food, agriculture and rural community sectors, providing a national interdisciplinary strategic and responsive research capability. Our institutes' combined capability and expertise is available to assist national and regional strategies dealing with the
The following case study summarises work delivered as part of a SEFARI Fellowship with Scotland Food and Drink (SFD) undertaken during 2019 to ascertain the current state of play regarding the technologies best suited to authenticity, provenance and traceability strategies.