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Solid News no. 6, October 2014
Content:
- Adapted breeds for organic and low input dairy systems
- Farmers keen to engage in participatory research
- The typical-farm concept for assessing competitiveness in low-input dairy farming
- Decision support tools for reducing the environmental impacts of dairy farms
- New software for estimating feed demand
- SOLID at OWC 2014
- Wageningen Academic Publishers Award for SOLID contribution
- Scientific Seminar on Organic Food 2014 – open, critical and collaborative approaches
SOLID News no. 5 May 2014
Content:
- Welfare assessment in organic and low input dairy cow systems (WP2)
- Agroforestry: integrating livestock and trees (WP3)
- New SOLID Colleague
- Presentation of small and medium enterprises in SOLID: CABRANDALUCIA
- Brief News from SOLID
SOLID News no. 4, October 2013
Content:
- Rapid Sustainability Analysis
- Towards a Better Balance of Forage Supply and Demand
- Exploring the low input dairy goat farms in Greece
- Country specific analysis of competitiveness and resilience of low input dairy farms across Europe
- Presentation of Small and medium enterprises participating in Solid: SC Agro Solomonescu SRL
- Monitoring productivity of a UK dairy system aiming to increase soil carbon, based on diverse swards and incorporating mob grazing
- Brief news
SOLID News no. 3, April 2013
Content:
- Biodiversity – how can we include it in environmental life cycle assessments of products? (WP4)
- Which kind of innovation do the supply chain members want? (WP5)
- Presentation of small and medium enterprises in SOLID:
- Juvan Luomi – a pioneering organic dairy in Finland
- Institute of Organic Training and Advice – Challenges and innovation in dairy farming
- Brief news and events
SOLID News No. 2, December 2012
Content:
- Environmental performance of low input and organic dairy systems
- Defining low input dairy farming in Europe
- Modelling European Agriculture with Climate Change for Food Security
- Brief news and events
SOLID Newsletter no. 1, September 2012
Content:
- Farms in Austria – a description
- Assessing whole farm sustainability
- Cattle and goat breeds adapted to organic and low input dairy production systems: Facts versus fiction
- Novel and underutilized feed resources – potential for use in organic and low input dairy production
- Brief News & Events