--- title: Nitrogen – Will the Farm to Fork Strategy Manage to Cut Nutrient Losses? [Video interview 2/2] description: We had a chat with Mr. Nitrogen himself, Prof. Mark Sutton, about his thoughts on the new Farm to Fork strategy and ambitions to half nutrient losses. image: https://blog.n2applied.com/hubfs/Blog%20photos/Nitrogen%20%E2%80%93%20will%20the%20Farm%20to%20Fork%20strategy%20manage%20to%20cut%20nutrient%20losses%20%5BVideo%20interview%2022%5D_.jpeg --- [![N2 Applied - Logo](https://blog.n2applied.com/hubfs/N2%20Applied%20-%20Logo.png "N2 Applied - Logo")](https://www.n2applied.com) [![N2 mobile logo](https://blog.n2applied.com/hubfs/Logo_A-1_MOBIL.png "N2 mobile logo")](https://n2.no/) - [N2 SOLUTIONS](https://n2applied.com/technology-platform/) - [Technology Platform](https://n2applied.com/technology-platform/) - [Organic Solution](https://n2applied.com/organic-solution/) - [Mineral Solution](https://n2applied.com/mineral-solution/) - [CASE STUDIES](https://n2applied.com/casestudies/) - [NEWS](https://n2applied.com/latestnews/) - [INVESTOR](https://n2applied.com/investor/) - [CAREERS](https://n2applied.com/careers/) - [ABOUT US](https://n2applied.com/about-us/) - [CONTACT](https://n2applied.com/contact/) - [BOARD AND MANAGEMENT](https://n2applied.com/board/) - [NEWSLETTER](https://insight.n2applied.com/en-gb/newsletter_sign-up) - [MEDIA](https://n2applied.com/media/) - [FOUNDERS](https://n2applied.com/founders/) - [BLOG](https://blog.n2applied.com/blog) - [RESOURCE LIBRARY](https://n2applied.com/publications/) - [PRIVACY POLICY](https://n2applied.com/privacy-policy-2/) Content Title Description read # Nitrogen – Will the Farm to Fork Strategy Manage to Cut Nutrient Losses? \[Video interview 2/2\] By Trond Lund & Kåre Gunnar Fløystad ![](https://blog.n2applied.com/hubfs/Blog%20photos/Nitrogen%20%E2%80%93%20will%20the%20Farm%20to%20Fork%20strategy%20manage%20to%20cut%20nutrient%20losses%20%5BVideo%20interview%2022%5D_.jpeg) ##### **We had a chat with Mr. Nitrogen himself, Prof. Mark Sutton, about his thoughts on the new [Farm to Fork](https://ec.europa.eu/food/farm2fork_en) strategy and ambitions to half nutrient losses.** The air consists of 78% nitrogen, we breathe and eat it all the time as it forms protein in our diet. While it is a vital element and essential for plant growth, excess nitrogen is major source for environmental pollution. EU has taken up the goal proposed on the UN Ocean Conference 2018 to half nitrogen waste, and in the newly proposed [**Farm to Fork strategy**](https://ec.europa.eu/food/farm2fork_en) suggested to half all nutrition losses. > "It’s clear that this is something we really need to get serious about." Prof. Mark Sutton Professor Mark Sutton is an environmental physicist at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) in Edinburgh and Director of Towards INMS. He is chair of the International Nitrogen Initiaitive (INI), co-chair of the Task Force on Reactive Nitrogen (TFRN) and reckoned as one of the leading experts on nitrogen issues in the world. In short, he is known as ‘Mr. Nitrogen’. [**Haven't seen part one of this video series? You can find it by clicking here.**](https://blog.n2applied.com/blog/nitrogen-the-godfather-of-pollution) ### Part 2 – How to solve the Nitrogen Challenge You can also follow Mr. Sutton on Twitter at **[@MarkNitrogen](https://twitter.com/marknitrogen)**   **[![Banner: Get our global warming factsheet](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/5440837/f7a0fee8-a420-4afb-ab4d-d084714d848c.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/5440837/f7a0fee8-a420-4afb-ab4d-d084714d848c)** Tags: [Carbon footprint](https://blog.n2applied.com/blog/tag/carbon-footprint) ### Related Articles ## [Why the world needs a total rethink on food production](https://blog.n2applied.com/blog/why-the-world-needs-a-total-rethink-on-food-production) *( read )* Topics: [Carbon footprint](https://blog.n2applied.com/blog/tag/carbon-footprint) ## [A blog that doesn't start with 'Regenerative Ag' – so, what is it? ](https://blog.n2applied.com/blog/a-blog-that-doesnt-start-with-regenerative-ag-so-what-is-it) *( read )* Topics: [Carbon footprint](https://blog.n2applied.com/blog/tag/carbon-footprint) ## [A view towards net-zero agriculture](https://blog.n2applied.com/blog/a-view-towards-net-zero-agriculture) *( read )* Topics: [Carbon footprint](https://blog.n2applied.com/blog/tag/carbon-footprint) ## Want to be kept in the loop? 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