Citations
The connective tissue between Vitagri's own position and the wider evidence base. Every peer-reviewed paper, government publication, and authoritative source that informs our thinking — logged, searchable, and cross-linked to the editorial output it supports.
Where citations sit in Vitagri's editorial system
Vitagri publishes three streams. They are distinct by design:
Vitagri's voice. Original editorial pieces advancing our position on nutrient-dense food, soil-to-human health, and UK food system reform.
Browse Insights →External signal. Curated pointers to Farmers Guardian, Defra, Nuffield scholar reports and similar sources. Neutral attribution; no Vitagri opinion.
Browse News →The evidence ledger. Peer-reviewed research, government data, and authoritative sources — the infrastructure beneath both streams above.
Browse the Evidence Index →↑ feeds arguments ↑ flags evidence in
INSIGHTS ←→ NEWS
(Vitagri's position) (external signal)
Insights draw on citations to make arguments. News items flag when external sources are discussing evidence already in the database — or introduce new evidence that gets logged for future Insights to draw on. The citations report is the connective tissue.
The Pulse Brain Evidence Index
The citations ledger is maintained in Pulse Brain — our open-access, searchable evidence database. Every record carries a full citation, source URL or DOI, subject-theme classification, and a short relevance note explaining why it matters to the GroundUp Framework.
Pulse Brain is updated continuously. New records arrive via daily research sweeps, user-submitted evidence proposals, and editorial team curation. Each record receives AI-enriched metadata to make it searchable across synonyms and subject variants.
Explore the 1,997-record Evidence Index
Fully searchable. Every study carries its own permanent URL for citation.
Open the Evidence Index →Recent additions
The most recent records logged into the Pulse Brain Evidence Index. This list updates daily.
Quarterly citations report
Coming: a published bibliography of nutrient-dense food science
Once the ledger volume justifies it, Vitagri will publish a quarterly citations report — a curated bibliography of the most significant additions, organised by GroundUp Framework element, with short relevance notes.
The report will sit as a signature Vitagri asset: the bibliography of nutrient-dense food science, maintained by an organisation that treats evidence synthesis as core infrastructure rather than a marketing output.
First quarterly report anticipated Q4 2026.
How citations are used
In every Insight, citations appear inline as [Vitagri:ID] tokens that link directly to the underlying record. This makes every claim traceable — readers can check our reading against the source in one click.
In News items, citations are logged quietly when external coverage references a study, so the evidence base compounds even when Vitagri is not itself editorialising.
Over twelve months, the Pulse Brain Evidence Index grows into proprietary editorial infrastructure — the kind of cumulative evidence-handling capability that distinguishes an editorial policy institute from a content marketing site.