Oliver Moore: Algae bloom raises sustainability issue

What would joined-up thinking at policy level look like? How would it look if the need to produce enough food was integrated into societal needs regarding environment, health and vibrant rural communities? 

An initiative started on organic farms in the 12 countries in the Baltic region, called Building Ecological Recycling Agriculture and Societies, signposts just what such a joined-up approach might look like.

In the Baltic Sea region farming contributes about half of all nitrogen and phosphorus leakage, which leads to high levels of marine environmental pollution.