Don't ignore dietary shifts

Francksen, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1180-726X and Bullock, James (2025) Don't ignore dietary shifts. The Niche Magazine, 56 (2). p. 19.

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Abstract

Talking about farming and conservation without discussing dietary shifts is to ignore the elephant (or your megaherbivore of choice) in the room. The BES’s new report Regenerative Agriculture in the UK: An Ecological Perspective is a valuable assessment of regenerative agriculture’s environmental and production consequences. Yet, we feel that to explicitly avoid discussion of dietary change is to present an incomplete perspective. While the report highlights ecological gains when regenerative practices are compared with conventional approaches, the biodiversity crisis requires more radical action concerning agriculture and the food system. Broader changes, including shifts in human diets, are central to achieving meaningful nature recovery.

Item Type:	Article
Journal / Publication Title:	The Niche Magazine
Publisher:	British Ecological Society
ISSN:	2631-9306
Departments:	Institute of Science and Environment > STEM
Additional Information:	Richard M. Francksen, Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for BSc. (Hons.) Zoology, University of Cumbria, UK. James M. Bullock, UKCEH. Published version made openly accessible on Insight with kind permission from the British Ecological Society.
Depositing User:	Richard Francksen
Date Deposited:	27 Jun 2025 08:43
Last Modified:	11 Jul 2025 09:15
URI:	https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/8937

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