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		<title>Striking the Balance</title>
		<link>http://leafmarque.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/striking-the-balance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline Drummond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, RSPB&#8217;s Conservation Director, Martin Harper, invited Matthew Naylor, Allan Buckwell, Johann Tasker and myself to offer our views following his talk at the Oxford Farming Conference on Balancing Agricultural Production with Conservation on his RSPB blog. This was &#8230; <a href="http://leafmarque.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/striking-the-balance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leafmarque.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4004700&amp;post=933&amp;subd=leafmarque&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can the EU afford CAP?</title>
		<link>http://leafmarque.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/can-the-eu-afford-cap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hills</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cap reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New for 2012, we are running a regular monthly feature, &#8216;LEAF asks&#8217;. We will be asking our readers a new question each month! To kick it all off, here&#8217;s the first question on the hot topic of CAP reform. What &#8230; <a href="http://leafmarque.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/can-the-eu-afford-cap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leafmarque.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4004700&amp;post=917&amp;subd=leafmarque&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Food Retail Industry Challenge Fund</title>
		<link>http://leafmarque.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/the-food-retail-industry-challenge-fund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justine Hards</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Food Retail Industry Challenge Fund, also known as FRICH, is run by the Department for International Development (DFID) . The fund  helps bring UK retailers and African farmers together to help improve the longer term prosperity of their farms &#8230; <a href="http://leafmarque.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/the-food-retail-industry-challenge-fund/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leafmarque.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4004700&amp;post=606&amp;subd=leafmarque&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Videos!</title>
		<link>http://leafmarque.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/new-videos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justine Hards</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Burgess]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Paice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you were at our President&#8217;s event on the 2nd November, you will have probably seen a few cameras around. Well, the footage is now ready for you all to see! We have three videos, one of Jim Paice launching &#8230; <a href="http://leafmarque.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/new-videos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leafmarque.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4004700&amp;post=877&amp;subd=leafmarque&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>President&#8217;s Event 2011 Round Up</title>
		<link>http://leafmarque.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/presidents-event-2011-round-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hills</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LEAF&#8217;s President&#8217;s Event 2011 presented a fantastic line up of speakers from across the food and farming industry (even the brewing industry, actually!) and was attended by 130 delegates at HSBC Tower, Canary Wharf London. Kicking off the day were &#8230; <a href="http://leafmarque.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/presidents-event-2011-round-up/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leafmarque.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4004700&amp;post=821&amp;subd=leafmarque&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LEAF Marque in the Dairy Sector</title>
		<link>http://leafmarque.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/leaf-marque-in-the-dairy-sector/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hills</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dairy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[integrated farm management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mark Robbins]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article from Mark Robins, Milk Pool Chairman, Marks and Spencer, originally appeared in &#8216;Dairy: A Green Future&#8217;, which is available online here. Dairy farming is a tough, relentless job which requires day-to-day commitment from those working on the farm &#8230; <a href="http://leafmarque.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/leaf-marque-in-the-dairy-sector/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leafmarque.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4004700&amp;post=769&amp;subd=leafmarque&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Farming Minister, Jim Paice MP, to Launch New Water Management Tool</title>
		<link>http://leafmarque.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/farming-minister-jim-paice-mp-to-launch-new-water-management-tool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline Drummond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With only a week to go until our President&#8217;s Event 2011: Valuing Resources, one of our biggest events of the year, we are pleased to announce Farming Minister, Jim Paice MP, will be launching our new Water Management Tool. &#8220;Farmers &#8230; <a href="http://leafmarque.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/farming-minister-jim-paice-mp-to-launch-new-water-management-tool/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leafmarque.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4004700&amp;post=812&amp;subd=leafmarque&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Water Management</title>
		<link>http://leafmarque.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/the-importance-of-water-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hills</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is by Louise Manning on LEAF&#8217;s Water Management Tool, which will be launched at our upcoming President&#8217;s Event next week Water, together with soil, are the underpinning assets of any land based business. Access to water is becoming &#8230; <a href="http://leafmarque.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/the-importance-of-water-management/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leafmarque.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4004700&amp;post=783&amp;subd=leafmarque&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Valuing Resources: why do we think it&#8217;s so important?</title>
		<link>http://leafmarque.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/valuing-resources-why-do-we-think-its-so-important/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hills</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Simply Sustainable Soils]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The team here at LEAF have been working hard over the last few months to organise our annual President&#8217;s Event. It&#8217;s all come together and we&#8217;ve got a fantastic line up of speakers. In fact, it&#8217;s come together so well &#8230; <a href="http://leafmarque.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/valuing-resources-why-do-we-think-its-so-important/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leafmarque.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4004700&amp;post=761&amp;subd=leafmarque&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trade-offs: we cannot have it all, or can we?</title>
		<link>http://leafmarque.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/trade-offs-we-cannot-have-it-all-or-can-we/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline Drummond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meeting the food demands of a global population expected to increase to 9.1 billion by 2050, will require major changes in agricultural production systems. Future agricultural growth and food security will be driven by both demand and supply factors. On &#8230; <a href="http://leafmarque.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/trade-offs-we-cannot-have-it-all-or-can-we/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leafmarque.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4004700&amp;post=737&amp;subd=leafmarque&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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