Month: September 2014

HRH the Prince of Wales – on deforestation

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/10463211/Prince-Charles-full-speech-on-deforestation-and-climate-change.html Prince Charles’ full speech on deforestation and climate change The Prince of Wales has warned about the dangers of failing to take decisive action to reduce deforestation and tackle climate change at the launch of the CDP Global Forests Report. Here is the full text of his speech Prince Charles, Prince of Wales speaks …

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Flea Beetle

Farmers in the UK are suffering from the Flea Beetle. The attack of this pest appears like  shotgun wounds on plants and wipes them out. Farmers interviewed on Farming Today say they don’t want to have to apply more sprays to their oil seed rape to combat this pest as they are now banned from …

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Malaria

Many of the students on Kira Farm come from isolated rural areas, where medicine is either unaffordable or unavailable. So promoting well-known, verified forms of herbal medicine is a valuable way that students can be empowered to manage health and well-being in communities. Anyone can grow these plants, and use them as prevention and treatment …

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Ebola

BBC 1  iplayer  Horizon   The Ebola epidemic Survivors of this disease have survived without medical treatment because they had a strong immune system. Therefore we must have means to develop strong immune systems to help protect against any disease. This is naturally created by extremely fresh, healthy and nutritious food. This is not going …

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Most radical thing you can do – become a composter

From Albert Bates, author of The Biochar Solution ,                                       film on Permaculture:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZKYq8Rs4ao#t=51 ” The most radical thing you can do is become a composter and soil builder.” “Become a composter not an imposter”  Victor Schauberger, 1943.

‘There’s no Difference’ Organic Vs non Organic

Previous scientific studies by various authors have shown that there is no difference between Organic and non Organic food when it comes to nutrition. This has been broadly supported by DEFRA. (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs) NOW http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/item/new-study-finds-significant-differences-between-organic-and-non-organic-food An international team of experts led by Newcastle University has shown that organic crops are …

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