When imagining how to maximize agricultural productivity in the future, it is easy to picture vast monocrop fields maintained by drones and agrichemicals. Yet there are alternative pathways that might enable both high yields and greater sustainability, by enhancing the ecological processes underpinning crop growth and health. These ‘agroecological’ farming […]

Earlier this year I was granted a wonderful opportunity to take a sabbatical from my job, working for the Saving Wildcats partnership in Scotland. While I am incredibly lucky to work in the Cairngorms National Park, alongside fantastic colleagues at the forefront of wildlife conservation in the UK, my own […]