UK Veg crops affected by excessive weather
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Richard Higgins
18 April 2024
Wendell Berry – American Author and Farmer
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Food writer, author, farmer and poet Wendell Berry talks about Albert Howard Who is considered the Grandfather of organic farming in recent times. It is his work that this web site is based upon.
In this footage Howard is mentioned …at 6.50 and 19.00 minutes
…”First we have got to change the standards in agriculture – first we have to start with studying the nature of the place….and we have to change farming from Productivity to Fertility.”
If we do this we can avoid field scale crop failures.
From the Food Programme BBC Radio 4 28th August 2015. They go on to talking about Community Supported Agriculture (CSA).
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New findings from Michael Mosely. A BBC broadcast on the Today programme It is now found that previous information on cooking with Olive oil is
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