Richard Higgins

Why is the UK and EU exporting banned chemicals to Paraguay BBC FOOD CHAIN

BBC Broadcast of 30.11.23 stated  that food production is not possible without the use of pesticides in certain Countries and that the UK and the EU are exporting these harmful chemicals into Paraguay. THIS STATEMENT IS UNTRUE  and the BBC Food chain should not have put this out. It is through their lack of research …

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Insects are not food for humans, Nottingham Trent University.

The Farming Today of 4 November, 2023 talks about how insect farming is at present allowed for  animal feeds – but this will never be acceptable for most humans.  Sustainable food production needs to think more carefully. Insect farming is NOT NECESSARY  AT ALL  to dispose of food waste etc.,  This is simply not true. …

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In Field Strips for Pollinators is only part of the answer

At Good Gardeners International we see it is a fact that good farming comes from good gardening. This is the easiest way to trial and prove systems and integrate them into farming. With the ongoing effects of chemical farming the need to step away from monocultures and chemicals is ever apparent. In this video it …

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Podcast with Richard Vobes

How do we return depleted soil from intensive farming to a wholesome state so that we can grow healthy food? Richard Higgins, chairman of Good Gardening International Charity, joined Richard Vobes to explain the impressive Howard-Higgins Organic Cultivation system. It will blow your mind… 

Research into PEAT FREE alternatives

BBC Farming Today 7th September, 2023 The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has appointed a peat-free postdoctoral fellow to help the horticultural trade transition to sustainable growing media. A £1 million, co-funded, five-year project led by the charity will convene government, growers and growing media manufacturers through the Growing Media Association and horticultural product supplier Fargro to …

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