The Sands of Time are running out
The Sands of Time are running out Sand is the world’s most used solid substance. The world of sand […]
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Yes, eating meat affects the environment
The following is an excerpt from Academic rigour, journalistic flair In this article written by Will de Freitas Environment + Energy Editor of THE CONVERSATION Yes, eating meat affects the environment, but cows are not killing the climate As the scale and impacts of climate change become increasingly alarming, meat is a popular target for action.
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Why do we require field borders. Are we practising sustainable Agriculture
Why do agricultural fields need borders of unattended grass. According to the Government it is a legal requirement to install an undisturbed grass border round all your fields and along new hedgerows. This requirement has come about due to the nature of mainstream agriculture. If we use a system of agriculture that does not
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How wood burning/briquette making is the most sustainable fuel source for cooking
The BBC World Service have broadcast, yet again, inaccurate information on pollution from cooking fuels. In this statement they didn’t say which Country they were referring to. ”Wood burning for cooking is more polluting than diesel fumes” they said on December 16, 2023 ”and kills more people than diesel fumes.” This information is coming from
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Lentils the worlds most nutritious Fast Food
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
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English grown Baked Beans
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
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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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Are Drought Resistant Crops the only answer. HH-2 technology would definitely help
This Guardian article (written in 2016) says that it is assumed that Drought Resistant seed varieties are the main solution for ensuring increased crop production in Africa, but farmers fear being locked into financial pressure to buy these seeds again and again. We would add that it is not all about new varieties it is
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World leading equipment for composting obnoxious wastes + courses
World leading Composting equipment for Composting obnoxious wastes and Gardening Know How at our partners farm in Lyme Regis this summer. Watch this space. Topics covered in this world leading course How to compost any or all of the following Poisonous plants japanese knot weed giant hog weed dock weeds couch grass diseased plant waste
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Miracle HH-4 compost used on College courses in St. Albans
Miracle compost HH-4 as used by our GGI Tutor, in St. Albans, has now attracted three jobs for herself teaching the No Dig Gardening System employing our miracle HH-4 compost. Not only that but so impressed are the staff at the Oaklands College, St. Albans, they have offered her official teacher training paid for by
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