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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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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