A hub of excellence for research on resilient farming, food and environment that places people at the heart of finding solutions. We're all about Land/Nature/Food and how they interact with people. https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/centres/crpr/https://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3mibdcyfaas27https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gather-is-back-for-2026-join-the-second-ugcPost-7441800519439781888-qFpj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAOWs6gB51zuMoKk5kycaad_ITdUt3NWY7830 Mar 2026 09:17 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibdcyfaas27https://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3mibd4x2io227*QUEX PhD scholarship opportunity* led jointly by the University of Queensland, Australia & @crpr-exeter.bsky.social - on network agrovoltaics for energy self-sufficiency in agriculture - details below. Thanks to Wayes Tushar, Rahul Sharma & Matt Lobley https://scholarships.uq.edu.au/scholarship/uq-exeter-institute-joint-phd30 Mar 2026 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibd4x2io227https://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3mibcv3xscs27Great to see this paper published led by Dr Faye S. at the University of Westminster and co-authored by @crpr-exeter.bsky.social's Steven Emery on navigating authenticity and change in livelihoods and living heritage in the Lake District farmed landscape https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016726001452?via%3Dihub30 Mar 2026 09:09 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibcv3xscs27https://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3mg2r3cp3xk2vGreat to hear Steven Emery of @crpr-exeter.bsky.social talking on BBC Farming Today https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002s309 about land use and the competing pressures on our land ahead of the publishing of the government's final version of the Land Use Framework for England (coming soon).02 Mar 2026 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2r3cp3xk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3mfyfpya2t22rMatt Lobley @crpr-exeter.bsky.social Co-Director was at the UK Parliament in London on Friday as a member of the Great South West (GSW) Food Security Programme Board's launch of their new agrifood growth plan https://greatsouthwest.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Great_South_West_Agrifood_Growth_Report.pdf identifying priority SW actions inc. for horticulture01 Mar 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfyfpya2t22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3melbwbcizk2iLearn about food systems! @exeter.ac.uk has scholarships available (bit.ly/4r9cKod) for the MA in Food Studies linked with the @exeterfood.bsky.social network and run from @crpr-exeter.bsky.social. See Harry West's intro to the course here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqELt-YwvCo11 Feb 2026 10:38 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3melbwbcizk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3melbifnjcs2iDelighted to see this @crpr-exeter.bsky.social article out on involvement in nature recovery among land managers https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/soru.70029@charlesmasquelier.bsky.social Matt Lobley Becca Wheeler @carolinenye.bsky.social and @carolynpetersen.bsky.social @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social @uniofexeternews.bsky.social11 Feb 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3melbifnjcs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3mdfee7chis2mMA Food Studies opportunity - 5 scholarships 2026/27: @crpr-exeter.bsky.social & @exeter.ac.uk are offering a fee reduction of £5000 to 5 full time students. Programme led by @crpr-exeter.bsky.social Co-Director and @exeterfood.bsky.social lead Prof. Harry West https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/award/?id=570127 Jan 2026 08:40 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdfee7chis2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3mdfdv32jf22mYou can now catch the recording of CRPR University of Exeter's Michael Winter's inspiring Distinguished Lecture: Whatever happened to the political economy of agriculture here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ582uGWlOo Illustration by @crpr-exeter.bsky.social PhD student Caroline Aitken27 Jan 2026 08:32 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdfdv32jf22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3mbvz5qmggs2cThe Conversation article published today by @crpr-exeter.bsky.social Research Associate John Harvey—“Your dog's dinner could be worse for the planet than your own – new research”— co-written with Peter Alexander, Vera Eory, Sarah L Crowley. More info: bit.ly/49r2KPx Link to article: bit.ly/4sx1jId https://theconversation.com/your-dogs-dinner-could-be-worse-for-the-planet-than-your-own-new-research-27186508 Jan 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbvz5qmggs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3mbvyomin522z@crpr-exeter.bsky.social Research Associate John Harvey was lead author on a major new study of dog food environmental/climate impacts, published today bit.ly/4aPofMp Link to article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652625026344?via%3Dihub https://bit.ly/4aPofMp08 Jan 2026 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbvyomin522zhttps://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3maavcvrlak2hImages & reflections from Michael Winter's inspiring @crpr-exeter.bsky.social lecture yesterday @exeter.ac.uk. And a timely call to action - to reinvigorate analysis of the political in agriculture and food systems. Thanks to the wonderful team including Caroline Aitken for the live illustration18 Dec 2025 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3maavcvrlak2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3m7po2mmpnc2wLatest CRPR University of Exeter newsletter here! - with recent research activities, publications, funding successes & opportunities, events etc on: challenges facing family farmers; seaweed eating; food beyond terroir; nature recovery & farming; Dartmoor, & more... https://hass.cmail19.com/t/r-e-tktdudkt-pvkdphll-jr/11 Dec 2025 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7po2mmpnc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3m7n5fon55s2zReminder: Professor Michael Winter’s Distinguished Lecture 17.12.25 @crpr-exeter.bsky.social: Whatever happened to the Political Economy of Agriculture? Hybrid: Queen’s building, LT1 - 10:15-12:15 or online. Registration is via Eventbrite (bit.ly/3KDpFPu ). Any questions: crpr@exeter.ac.uk.10 Dec 2025 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7n5fon55s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3m6yvdwykls2rCongratulations to Maeve Leith, a @crpr-exeter.bsky.social PhD student on her prestigious NFU Mutual Charitable Trust Centenary Award. Maeve will explore the voices of farmers, conservationists and other stakeholders in land use decision making in Dartmoor: https://www.nfumutual.co.uk/news-and-stories/the-nfu-mutual-charitable-trust-centenary-award02 Dec 2025 11:59 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6yvdwykls2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3m6wjy5r67s23Read Maeve Leith, @crpr-exeter.bsky.social PhD student's account of her guided walk in Dartmoor's Wistman's Wood with Tim Ferry of Moor Trees, which reflects on this important temperate rainforest's management, access, history and future https://www.linkedin.com/posts/maeve-leith-8312a727b_want-to-know-more-about-the-potential-expansion-activity-7399820137589022720-X3t0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAOWs6gB51zuMoKk5kycaad_ITdUt3NWY7801 Dec 2025 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6wjy5r67s23https://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3m5ejwhgpqs2sCatch @crpr-exeter.bsky.social co-director Matt Lobley on this morning's Farming Today https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002m014 (from 8 mins in) on the multiple challenges & uncertain futures family farmers are experiencing and how the important role they play in rural communities may be at risk11 Nov 2025 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ejwhgpqs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3m5du5vehjk2uFor PhD researchers interested in food sustainability - paid consultancy placement opportunities with Better Food Traders as part of the Food Shines project https://www.aru.ac.uk/global-sustainability-institute-gsi/research/backcasting-to-achieve-food-resilience11 Nov 2025 09:47 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5du5vehjk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3m5b7a2je2s2zCheck out CRPR University of Exeter colleague Paul Cleave's article in The Conversation about the rich history of rural Devon cuisine https://theconversation.com/rural-devon-cuisine-has-a-rich-history-from-the-origins-of-cream-teas-to-squab-pie-266511?utm_medium=article_clipboard_share&utm_source=theconversation.com10 Nov 2025 08:27 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5b7a2je2s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3m4slokqyks2aDon't forget to register (either in person or online) for the CRPR University of Exeter Distinguished Lecture by Prof Michael Winter on 17th Dec - Eventbrite link bit.ly/4hGTquZ We are expecting large numbers, so early registration is strongly encouraged! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Nov 2025 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4slokqyks2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3m4czjebams2kInsightful short report by Charles Masquelier at CRPR University of Exeter about the challenges as well as solutions from farmers/land managers on implementing nature recovery and engaging with environmental land management practices: bit.ly/4hxt4eB [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Oct 2025 08:25 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4czjebams2khttps://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3m3mecx3fls24@crpr-exeter.bsky.social's Matt Lobley and Michael Winter were out and about as part of the ACCESS Advancing Capacity for Climate Environment Social Science Nature Recovery Task Force last week - here visiting the Lower Otter Restoration Project https://www.linkedin.com/posts/access-network-uk_nature-recovery-otter-activity-7384933785894813696-4YP7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAOWs6gB51zuMoKk5kycaad_ITdUt3NWY7820 Oct 2025 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3mecx3fls24https://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3m3cvh4xtss2tDefra have announced a one year extension to the Countryside Stewardship mid tier scheme - I've heard a few different reactions to this already (e.g. on Farming Today https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002ks4n ). See this NFU article on their related campaign: https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/countryside-stewardship-mid-tier/16 Oct 2025 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3cvh4xtss2thttps://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3m3ah6t62js2kJoin us for distinguished lecture 17th Dec 10.15-12.15pm by @crpr-exeter.bsky.social's Professor Michael Winter: Whatever happened to the Political Economy of Agriculture? Lecture Theatre 1, Queens Building, Streatham Campus 10.15am - tea/coffee 10.45am - lecture Register: tinyurl.com/4zxjz3xs15 Oct 2025 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ah6t62js2khttps://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3lzzwo4gjec25New report on Exmoor species reintroductions (pine marten and white-tailed eagle) by @crpr-exeter.bsky.social researchers Steven Emery & Keith Howe with Mary Peberdy & the Exmoor Society. Includes land manager concerns, evidence review & recommendations. Report & briefing doc here: bit.ly/4nOthMu https://www.exmoorsociety.com/news/new-report-exploring-the-reintroduction-of-pine-martens-and-white-tailed-eagles-in-exmoorr30 Sep 2025 06:49 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzzwo4gjec25https://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3lzqaqf3tx227See @crpr-exeter.bsky.social PhD student Giulia Nicolini and the Seaweed Institute's the Seaweed Eating Archive project info on how to contribute your recipes, stories, memories of eating seaweed in Cornwall https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:737728552677478400026 Sep 2025 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzqaqf3tx227https://bsky.app/profile/crpr-exeter.bsky.social/post/3lznmi5k2d22kRead our latest CRPR University of Exeter newsletter here for an update on what we've been up to over the last few months - events, festivals, conferences, publications and more... bit.ly/4gJO0Pd25 Sep 2025 09:15 +0000at://did:plc:bbrozudokraqcbaqua537k7d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lznmi5k2d22k