Yearly Archive: 2015

Food writer, author, farmer and poet Wendell Berry talks about Albert Howard….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…
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continued from John Humphrys  The Great Food Gamble ..And what about  those real scientists  that gets it wrong? As every researcher knows,it happens all the time. I spoke to one of Britain’s most distinguished biologists in the course of researching…
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avian bird flu threat of loss of food security food security Hazel Door Mouse and Red Squirrel face extinction GM free pest and disease free crops – It’s possible Pollinators and why farmers are afraid of weeds Farming for Insects…
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On talking about the effects of Genetically Modified organisms in modern farming in his book The Great Food Gamble, John Humphrys writes: …..no one is denying science. What the critics of industrial agriculture are asking….is “Why should  we continue to…
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BBC Farming Today, Friday 7th August, 2015 Milk prices are collapsing dramatically due to Supermarkets economic policies. They do not wish to support our own farmers. They will supply cheaper and cheaper milk based on imports and the fossil fuel…
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I did say on this film (tongue in cheek) that if farmers were real farmers they’d be doing this…….. (Richard Higgins) from Haiti Film II  (under Media tab, Home page)       Richard presenting the HH technology to Professor…
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  Fruit and veg are getting SWEETER – but are now ‘less nutritious and have fewer health benefits’, scientists claim A range of vegetables and fruits have become sweeter in recent years But many scientists believe that taking out the…
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Link to one of our course takers web sites:   http://www.cornhelyg-permaculture.co.uk/?page_id=132 Corn Helyg: Wild plant alchemy Hedgewitchery and permaculture on the magical island of Ynys Môn or Anglesey, North Wales Search Main menu Skip to primary content Skip to secondary content…
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Having read many times the Water Wizard by Victor Schauberger, 1943