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UK | Supply Chains No Longer Fit For Purpose
UK | Supply Chains No Longer Fit For Purpose In October 2021 Sustain, the UK-based alliance working for food and farming system change, published ‘Beyond the farmgate – Unlocking the path to farmer-focused supply chains and climate-friendly, agroecological food systems’. The report explores the results of a survey of 500 farmers in England and Wales, with […]
Why the Climate Change Committee should reconsider their approach to farming
https://sustainablefoodtrust.org/articles/why-the-ccc-should-reconsider-their-approach-to-farming/
Farmers Wait Weeks For John Deere Parts As Strikes Paralyze Midwest Factories
Farmers Wait Weeks For John Deere Parts As Strikes Paralyze Midwest Factories Multiple John Deere dealerships report part delays for tractors and heavy equipment amid an ongoing strike of more than 10,000 members of the United Auto Workers union at 12 of Deere’s Midwest factories and facilities, according to Bloomberg. Dealerships note that customers face weeks-long […]
U.S. Dairy Cows Too Expensive to Feed, Causing Herd to Plummet
U.S. Dairy Cows Too Expensive to Feed, Causing Herd to Plummet The U.S. herd shrank by 85,000 cows between June and September The number of dairy cows in the U.S. is plunging at a pace not seen in more than a decade, signaling elevated costs for products like butter. The cost of feeding dairy cows […]
Media briefing: Farming can be a climate change solution, so why is it missing in action at COP26?
Media briefing: Farming can be a climate change solution, so why is it missing in action at COP26? Our planet is at a tipping point. Climate change threatens all our futures if we do not act now. All sectors must look at their impact, and agriculture is no exception. Agriculture is currently responsible for up to […]
The Woodchip Handbook: A Complete Guide for Farmers, Gardeners and Landscapers: Excerpt
The Woodchip Handbook: A Complete Guide for Farmers, Gardeners and Landscapers: Excerpt The following excerpt is from Ben Raskin’s new book The Woodchip Handbook: A Complete Guide for Farmers, Gardeners and Landscapers (Chelsea Green Publishing, October 2021) and is reprinted with permission from the publisher. The Woodchip Handbook By Ben Raskin Restoring Damaged Soil With the potential […]
Feeding Britain one farm at a time
Feeding Britain one farm at a time On Farming Today this morning, in a conversation about food security and climate change, it was suggested that two fifths of the people on planet earth would not be alive today were it not for the use of mineral fertilisers – an interesting assertion and one with which […]
Land Skills Fair: This is What Diversity Looks Like!
Land Skills Fair: This is What Diversity Looks Like! Last week I attended the Land Skills Fair (LSF), an event co-organised by the Landworkers’ Alliance (LWA) and Land in Our Names (LION). The event was intended to be about “sharing knowledge and skills about farming, forestry, crafts, food and land justice”, with an impressive range of talks, workshops, tours […]
Farming Bounded By Our Biological Boundaries – Part 2
Farming Bounded By Our Biological Boundaries – Part 2 Sheep in Extremadura, Spain Despite the climate change mitigation emphasis on carbon sequestration, building soil carbon is first about food security, second about atmospheric carbon drawdown. By working with nature’s natural cycles to provide nutritious food with a low environmental footprint, Regenerative Agriculture will provide the […]
Carbon Starvation – A Crisis Of Our Time?
Carbon Starvation – A Crisis Of Our Time? Are we beginning to see carbon – the fundamental building block of all life – as a pollutant? Instead of demonising carbon as a cause of climate breakdown, we need to restore balance in the natural carbon cycle that has been disrupted by the use of artificial […]
Our household farming future
Our household farming future Back to the blog cycle about my book A Small Farm Future with a little more about household-based farming. A couple of posts back Greg Reynolds suggested I might write some short declarative sentences about my case for household farming, which struck me as a good idea. So here’s my best shot at […]
Who Will be the Last Farmer Left?
Who Will be the Last Farmer Left? A dwindling number of GTA growers worry that aggressive provincial development plans will make it tough to survive …click on the above link to read the rest of the article…
Homes lose running water in Klamath Basin as houses compete with farmers, ranchers
Homes lose running water in Klamath Basin as houses compete with farmers, ranchers Water well pump servicers with TW Wells get a water well outside Klamath Falls running again on Aug. 5. JPR News Homes in rural areas of the Klamath Basin have lost running water as their wells fail. Part of the reason: more […]
Food and farming reads of 2021
Food and farming reads of 2021 We share some of the most interesting reads from the past year, on everything from toxic weedkillers to bringing back beavers. Toxic legacy: How the weedkiller glyphosate is destroying our health and the environment Stephanie Seneff Stephanie Seneff is an MIT scientist who has now dedicated her life to […]
Collective Farming, Community and Connection
Collective Farming, Community and Connection Cédric, Mathieu and Hervé of the collective farm (GAEC) La Ferme des 7 Chemins in Brittany. Image courtesy of La Ferme des 7 Chemins via Facebook What does a socio-ecological transition mean for farmers? Farmers from the Nos Campagnes En Résilience project share their thoughts on social issues in farming, the […]
