The Lentil crop can survive much drier conditions than say Chickpeas but are wiped out periodically by ”Rust.” some 20,000 ha were wiped out in 2005 due to infertility which brings on the disease ”Rust.” There are 20 thousand varieties of lentils and plant breeders have come up with a more drought resistant variety of …
The is a really good example of persistence in plant breeding. Baked beans grown at a Lincolnshire farm as part of an innovative project led by the University of Warwick, have now progressed to the tinning stage. Capulet beans were grown by farmer Andy Ward, using innovative methods developed at the University of Warwick Innovation …
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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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. …
Insects are not food for humans, Nottingham Trent University. Read More »
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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Nature writing is a popular thing these days, including The Lost Rain Forests of Britain by Guy Shrubsole. What about the the Lost Science of Organic Cultivation by Howard and Higgins. This is Nature writing about how to grow food and not destroy any pollinators or wildlife, rather how to encourage it. available here …
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…
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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