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APPG REPORT: What impact new trade agreements will have on UK food and farming

12th October 2017

The APPG on Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming conducted an inquiry into the ways the UK’s withdrawal from the EU and the subsequent new trade agreements could impact UK agriculture and food production, with special emphasis on areas of practice and legislation most likely to impact producers working to sustainable, agroecological standards.

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Collaborative Working Request - Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute

9th October 2017

BSSS Member Dr Abdul Rahman contacted the office to request assistance for one of his colleagues. Can you help?

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Dr Barry Rawlins

5th October 2017

Dr Murray Lark has been in touch to inform the Society that Dr Barry Rawlins died on Friday 29th September two years after being diagnosed with cancer.

Barry led the Sustainable Soils team at the British Geological Survey. He will be known to many in the Society through his varied collaborations, his authorship of papers in the Society's journals and his time on the Council as Chair of the Midlands Soil Discussion Group.

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Royal Society of Biology Newsletter

2nd October 2017

The Society is an Organisation Member of the Royal Society of Biology. This entitles Society members to attend Royal Society of Biology events at a reduced cost.

From this month the Royal Society of Biology Member Organisation Bulletin will also be made available to Society Members.