Richard Higgins

The Question keeps arising: What is a scientist? According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English: Scientist – definition of scientist by The Free Dictionary www.thefreedictionary.com/scientist A person who is engaged in and has expert knowledge of a science, especially a biological or physical science. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English  Scientist – Wikipedia, […]

The Well End  HH-2 CSA Micro-farm model                            Supporting the concept of the ORFC that smallholdings are better than big holdings. Agricultural researcher and author Richard Higgins has founded a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) programme at the Well End Micro-farm. -project in the

Rubbery Farm in Lydford is trying to compost all the pumped effluent from the Glastonbury festival toilets. Andy Keen says they are having to build a very large concrete slab and tank to catch the run off. Effluent will stay on the farm for two years. They can receive up to 360 tons a year

Farmers at the Loncolnshire show still think that GM has a role to play as they say we have to reduce the amounts of herbicide and pesticides in the world crops. Yes, and this is done by practicing real organic farming methods. Not by GM technology – where weeds [pig weed] for example, grow and

Only 2% of disabled children in Africa attend a school. Scholarly articles about disabilities and poor food quality. https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=disabilities+and+poor+food+quality&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart&sa=X&ei=YpuPVZzvD8TwUIbtgYgB&ved=0CCQQgQMwAA This is why it is essential that everyone gets good nutritional food in Africa As grown by the HH system of Agriculture/Horticulture

Guardian article:   epidemic out of control- read for yourself, animal MRSA can jump species LA-MRSA CC398 – main victims are those who work with pigs and it can be passed by shaking hands and is resistant to many antibiotics. Apparently society wants cheap meat and cheap milk. No, the supermarkets want these things to

Black grass problem: the single issue policy of the EU banned the burning of straw on fields after harvest in an effort to control black grass? The AIC’s chief executive David Caffel says that black grass is the scourge of the arable industry today and had the EU thought about the ban in support of

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05xxd1g#auto This pod cast starting at 7.00 demonstrates why we should leave the EU.  

BBC Farming Today from week of 1st June 2015 Sugar beet growers are being alerted to leaf miner attacks in crops in some regions. According to the British Beet Research Organisation (BBRO), there is evidence of leaf miner – the larvae of the mangold fly – activity particularly, although not exclusively, in the area around the

“Organic Farmers”  are missing out on two years cropping with their current rotation system. How much money is being lost by this practice?  BBC Farming Today Friday 12th June 2105.   Episodes to download The case against GM; Court battle to protect bats; Agriculture and the Archers GM  produces more superweeds and as black grass