The AGtivist from Wicked Leeks
The AGtivist investigates the use of contaminated sewage sludge as fertiliser on UK farms The use of sewage sludge as farm fertiliser poses major environmental
Richard Higgins
27 February 2026
Ploughing depletes top soil
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BBC Radio 4 Farming Today. Saturday 9th March, 2019
QUOTES FROM THIS POD CAST:
“84% of top soil in the UK has been lost since 1850 due to chemical farming and ploughing.”
“Ploughing the soil is like putting a ball and chain through your house”
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why WE don’t need to buy BIOSTIMULANTS or COVER CROPS
taken from the Wicked Leeks site The issue is that many biostimulants are increasingly being produced and sold by the globalised agrochemical companies who
Richard Higgins
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