For the first time official records of what people ate and how they survived during rationing have been published by Defra. They show 1940s Brits ate seasonally and bought food from butchers, bakers and grocers rather than supermarkets. Salmon sandwiches,…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
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Press release: The UK’s food history revealed through five generations of data
Posted in Benefits of open data, Data, Environment, Food, Posts from feeds, Public Health, Quality of life Tagged with: DEFRA, Food, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), nutrition, open data, opendefra
You (yes, you) can find Roman roads using data collected by lasers
Roads Environment agency. The Romans built a whole load of roads during their 350 year occupation of Britain: over 3,000 km’ worth, in fact. No one attempted a road project on that scale again until the early 18th century, more than…
Why, what and how: modernising Defra
People beyond ‘the world of Whitehall-watching’ should care about reform in government, Liz Truss told an audience at a recent Institute for Government event, because ‘the how’ is inextricably linked to the ‘what’ and the ‘why’ – the mission a…
Natural England opens-up seabed datasets
Following the Secretary of State’s announcement in June 2015 that Defra would become an open, data driven organisation we have been working hard at Natural England to start unlocking our rich collection of data. We have opened up 71 data…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Data, Environment, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Open Government, Posts from feeds Tagged with: data, DEFRA, Hannah Ross, Marine, marine protected areas (MPAs), Natural England, open data, opendefra, seabed
Launching a Challenge for the Water Environment
Last Wednesday night (25/11/15) the #OpenDefra team were privileged to attend the launch of the Geovation Water Challenge at the All Party Parliamentary Group on Water’s Innovation Reception in the Houses of Parliament. The event included the Geovation Challenge launch, stands to…
Food, Glorious Food; Data, Marvellous Data!
Last night the Secretary of State for Environment, Elizabeth Truss, launched Great British Food a five year campaign celebrating British food in this country and around the world, tearing down outdated stereotypes about a bland British diet and showing off the…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Commercial opportunities, Data, Environment, Food, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Open Government, Posts from feeds, Quality of life, Smart communities, Transparency Tagged with: Family Food Survey, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), open data, opendefra, survey
Wine industry takes up government open data
Laser data from the Environment Agency is to be used to pinpoint land suitable for growing high quality grapes
Posted in Benefits of open data, Commercial opportunities, Environment, Food, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Posts from feeds, Quality of life, Smart communities, Visualising data Tagged with: Agriculture, Environment Agency, grapes, Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), Mark Say, opendefra, UKAuthority, vineyards, wine
Defra’s opening up its data
This image was taken using LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology, by shooting a laser beam down to the ground from an aircraft. LIDAR is useful for all sorts of applications, and the Environment Agency (an arms-length body under the…
Beginning to accelerate….
Yesterday, Thursday 30th July 2015, has been a real step forwards in the #OpenDefra accelerator project work. We have spent the past month or so working out how we are going to approach delivering the Secretary of State’s ambitious Open…
Posted in Posts from feeds Tagged with: barriers, DEFRA, engagement, hackpad, obstacles, open data, opendefra, Tom Smith
What we learnt at the First #OpenDefra Data Governance workshop
Hi, I’m Lisa Allen; I am the lead for the data governance workstream of the #OpenDefra Data Programme. On 25 June the Secretary of State set out her vision for open data to transform food and farming. She gave a…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds Tagged with: DEFRA, Lisa Allen, open data, opendefra