Category: Farming

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Watch the short accompanying video in the link below! http://motherboard.vice.com/read/inside-the-arctic-seed-vault-designed-to-save-humanity Inside the Arctic Seed Vault Designed to Save Humanity From Extinction. Written by MOTHERBOARD, November

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Is Meat-Eating Eco-Friendly or Not?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08296jm BBC Radio 4’s ‘Inside Science’ last night was interesting.  Another interesting article in the above programme was about the climate-warming effects of animal husbandry

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Red Meat Triggers Toxic Immune Reaction Which Causes Cancer

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/11316316/Red-meat-triggers-toxic-immune-reaction-which-causes-cancer-scientists-find.html Red meat triggers toxic immune reaction which causes cancer, scientists find. By Sarah Knapton, Science Editor, 29 Dec 2014. Red meat has been linked

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Mis-Use of Farm Subsidies – UK Tax Payer’s Money

http://energydesk.greenpeace.org/2016/10/23/uae-prime-minister-given-1m-farm-subsidies-horse-breeding-empire/ UAE Prime Minister given £1m in farm subsidies for horse breeding empire. October 23, 2016. By Lawrence Carter and Crispin Dowler Sheikh Mohammed, prime

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Ranscombe Farm Reserve on TV.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0071ms1 Ranscombe Farm (@Ranscombe_Farm) Interesting piece on the BBC’s Inside Out yesterday about the Ranscombe Farm nature reserve in Kent.  It presents a brilliant farmer/conservationist

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Hedgerow Flailing

Yesterday evening, I drove over to eat with an old friend towards the east of the county… As I was passing out of Rotherfield I

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Research to Improve Breeding Success of Corn Buntings

http://www.rspb.org.uk/joinandhelp/donations/campaigns/impact/hopefarm/fat-birds-farm.aspx?utm_source=impactsummer2016&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=impacttherspblodge Fat birds of the barley at RSPB’s Hope Farm.  June 2016. Hope Farm manager Ian Dillon reports on the work we’re doing to give

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Resisting the Tyranny of the Tidy Hedge

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/01/help-birds-untidy-hedges-helping-protect-declining-bird-species?CMP=share_btn_tw Help the birds – resist the tyranny of the tidy hedge Patrick Barkham, Monday 1 August 2016. Though farmers are annoyed by the environment

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