From the research laboratories at WRc UK there is the following information: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/sludge/pdf/sludge_eval.pdf list all 6 harmful groups of viruses, helminths, bacteria, protozoa, yeasts and fungi… Parameters affecting the kill or inactivation of pathogens Thermophilic temperatures are lethal to pathogens if they are exposed for sufficient time such as: 7 minutes at 70°C; 30 minutes […]
http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=sf-20170508-esdac&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=44117 Infocentre Published: 8 May 2017 Related theme(s) and subtheme(s) Agriculture & food : Agriculture Environment : Earth Observation | Land management Success stories : Agriculture & food Video reports Add to PDF “basket” Digging deep to help Europe’s soil European scientists have been digging deep so they can better understand the multiple threats facing
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Lincolnshire farmers have great problems with slug damage in their crops. Metaldehyde is the active ingredient in slug pellets. These can wash into water courses that end up in water for human consumption. Apparently farmers apply this pesticide according to the weather predictions to help avoid run off into these water courses. The HH-2
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This is what you need…. HH-2 radio 4 Farming Today from Jamaica. June 4th, 2017 If anyone from Jamaica reads this….we will be sending down our man from Good Gardeners Bermuda to introduce you to the HH-2 What deos HH-2 mean? It means you can grow anything the organic way without
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– Not a good idea. (by Environmentalist and Visionary, Richard Higgins) It is said that by the end of this century that many cities will have increased temperatures of up to 8 degrees C. This means that there will be great difficulties living in cities. How will it be made possible to live
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The Warwick presentation made on 24th April, 2017. Richard Higgins, researcher and farmer entrepreneur, was invited to speak to 15 field scientists at the previous HRI (Horticultural Research International) which has now been taken over by Warwick University and is now known as Warwick HRI. Richard visited there about 15 years ago when he met
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BBC RADIO 4 FARMING TODAY 9th April, 2017 Modern farming (Lincolnshire) has gone out of control. Or I should say the black grass problem has gone out of control because of modern farming. Black grass was never a problem before the use of chemicals, because farmers would change their crop or their soil conditions or
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Glyphosate – can’t farm without it? Biorational pesticides Potato Cyst Nematodes BBC Farming Today – The War on Plant Pests and Diseases Trees not efficient for carbon sequestration Compost toilets the Lost Art, 31st March, 28th April, 26th May, 30 June, 28th July, 25th August, 29th September, 2017 Survey of School in Jinja, Uganda, 2015
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BBC Radio 4 Farming Today broadcast of 15th March, 2017 Potato Cyst Nematodes I called Dr. Buggs, the head of research at Kew Gardens 20th March. He commented on my suggestion that such a disease can be cured by soil amendment. He replied that this disease is an airborne disease and cannot therefore be addressed
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BBC World News with Neal Newness. Date: March 7th, 2017 Scientists of Sydney’s West End University, Australia: Therefore the case for HH-2 technology rises yet again as this method of carbon sequestration is therefore compounded to be at least three times greater than can be sequestered by any above ground growth (including trees).
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