Is it possible to live off foraged food alone? Fergus Drennan thinks so and aims to prove it. In the first of his monthly columns he explains why, from April 1 st, he will be eating nothing but wild food – for an entire year...
… Fergus Drennan | 1st April 2008 News Foraging Subsistence Awakening Philosophy Foraging Farming Local Food Production … nothing but wild food – for an entire year... Foraging – what’s all the fuss about? What …
The insecticide chlorpyrifos is not just highly toxic to developing human foetuses. A new study finds that it also damages the memory and learning ability of Forager bees even at very low doses, threatening the survival of this important pollinator.
… the behavioral ecology and communication of foraging bees, chlorpyrifos, even in sublethal … the behavioral ecology and communication of foraging bees, chlorpyrifos, even in sublethal …
Intensification of farming and subsequent decline in food sources rather than pesticides or disease seen as biggest threat to honey bees
Loss of forage biggest long-term threat to bees The Ecologist | 8th January 2010 News Honey Bees Bees Food And Farming Pesticides bees.jpg Intensification of farming and subsequent decline in food …
Continuing high winter losses in bee colonies is prompting fears about future of hobby beekeeping
… on disease, bad weather and poor quality of foraging due to habitat loss Continuing high … disease, bad weather and poor quality of foraging due to habitat loss for the continued … a harsh winter and bad summer last year, poor foraging and the 'devastating' affect of the …
The image of the rancher in the rugged West is one of self-sufficiency and a tough defiance of government, writes George Wuerthner. But the truth is that ranchers, especially those using federal land, depend on a host of generous subsidies, both economic and ecological.
We must rid the American West of 'welfare ranching' George Wuerthner | 22nd June 2014 Activism USA Farming Commons Natural World Water grand-view-ranch-cut.jpg The image of the rancher in the rugged …
‘OK then,’ I say to Fergus, with a challenge in my voice, ‘what about badger?’ ‘Badger?’ says Fergus, his eyes on the road as he drives me into the Kent countryside. ‘Many times. There’s no rhyme or reason to badger. Sometimes it tastes really gamey and uriney, even if it’s fresh. It can be excellent though.’ I look at him as he drives. He’s definitely serious.
… extreme,’ he says. Getting the habit Fergus’ foraging life began early. As a child he would … do was get an office job, he wanted to be out foraging. He decided to see if he could make … of it through this that I could never leave.’ Foraging, says Fergus, is not just about food …
The idea of eating meat sourced from the roadside - whether deer, pheasant, fox or even otter - might sound revolting to you but for some, it's a gastronomic opportunity and a way of avoiding factory farmed meat
… 2012 Ethical Living Roadkill Food And Drink Foraging Meat Farming Wildlife Green Living … to me,’ McGowan continues. Bushcraft and foraging expert Fergus Drennan agrees. ‘The … suggestions GREEN LIVING The A to Z of foraging Fed up of paying a premium for …
A vicious cycle of climate change, cattle diet and rising methane has been revealed in a new scientific study: as temperatures rise, forage plants get tougher and harder to digest, and cause more methane to be produced in bovine stomachs. And with cattle numbers rising and methane 85 times more powerful a greenhouse gas over 20 years, that spells trouble.
Spiral of doom: hotter world increases cattle methane emissions Oliver Tickell | 27th March 2017 News Climate Change Farming Ecology cattle-india-cut.jpg A vicious cycle of climate change, cattle …
Neonicotinoid pesticides are killing our honeybees. Sign the Soil Association petition to help get it banned. Then take part in Twitter's 'Tweehive' - starting on 14th July
… impair bees' communication, homing and foraging ability, flight activity, ability to … treasure hunt game on Twitter which includes ‘foraging' for pollen and nectar counter …
New research encouraging gardeners to increase bumblebee populations by planting flowers could be undermined by the use of weedkillers and pesticides, Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BBCT) warns
… open the plant’s closed flower. By analysing foraging patterns, the study found that plants …
Beekeepers in US blame weather and starvation for another winter of heavy colony losses, which is likely to lead to rises in the cost of pollination
Heavy bee colony losses in US could lead to price rise The Ecologist | 4th May 2010 News Natural World Food And Farming Bees CCD bees.jpg Observers say the current losses being suffered by honey bee …
Woodcarver Matt Somerville believes harvesting honey should be more natural so he has devised a new kind of hive aimed at benefitting the health and sustainability of bee colonies. MIRIAM DARLINGTON met him.
… with this the loss of traditional wild-flower foraging, the use of systemic insecticides, …
You don't need a smallholding and a meadow to be a budding apiarist - a few sensible precautions will let you fight honeybee decline with a hive in your own backyard
… can offer a greater variety of flowers for foraging than the huge expanses of monoculture …
A new study shows it's not just neonicotinoids that impair bees' ability to navigate to nectar and pollen sources, and to their nests: now the herbicide glyphosate has been found to have the same impact even at very low levels.
… within this range delays the return of the foraging honey bee to the hive. Flight … range used on crops delays the return of the foraging honey bee to the hive. Flight …
Sign the petition to ban neonicotinoids in the UK and help safeguard Britain's threatened bee population
TAKE ACTION to protect Britain's bees Matilda Lee | 5th July 2011 Activism Wildlife Gardening Bees Neonicotinoids Pesticides Neal's Yard Remedies Agriculture Sam Roddick Make A Difference Food And …
Nine new studies will look at the role of pesticides, habitat loss and disease in the decline of insect pollinators like the honeybee and bumblebee
Why are bees in decline? New research to provide the answers The Ecologist | 22nd June 2010 News Bees Pollination Food And Farming Honeybees Insects Biodiversity bumblebee.jpg Research will look at …
Climate change may be causing flowers to open before bees emerge from hibernation leading to declines in pollination, new research suggests
Bees stung by 'climate change-linked' early pollination The Ecologist | 7th September 2010 News Bees Pollination Natural World Wildlife Biodiversity beeflying.jpg The decline in pollinators has …
Widespread use of insecticides affecting bee populations but also causing decline in numbers of birds, butterflies and moths, warns Dutch toxicologist
Controversial pesticides linked to 'total ecological collapse' of insects and birds Dearbhla Crosse Tom Levitt | 16th November 2010 News Pesticides Bees Birds Ecology Natural World Food And Farming …
The outbreak of Ebola in West Africa had everything to do with logging, deforestation and the disruption of traditional agro-forestry by large scale industrial agriculture, writes Rob Wallace. The only long term solution to this terrible disease may lie in forest conservation, the restoration of agroecological farming systems, and the exclusion of agribusiness investment.
… dispossessing smallholdings and traditional foraging grounds for mining, clear-cut … permit easy movement between roosting and foraging sites. Bats aren't stupid. As the forest disappears they shift their foraging behavior to what food and shelter are …
Ecologist Arts Editor, GARY COOK, visits a new exhibition showcasing the plight of the British bee - those species already sadly lost and those on the verge of extinction
… is dense. Aiming to encompass flight and foraging patterns, I have used seven colours …
With supermarket milk cheaper than spring water, it's time to rethink the modern dairy industry. It's not just the milk that's become a throwaway product - the high-octane Holstein cows that produce it are also in the knackers yard after just two or three lactations, the living waste of a loss-making, environment-trashing industry.
Dairy - the case for greener, healthier, lower performing cows Mark Eisler Graeme Martin Michael Lee | 8th September 2014 Comment Food Farming Health Animal Welfare bull-cow-cut.jpg Contented cattle …
Beekeepers' group ends commercial relationship with pesticide manufacturer whose product killed bees
British Beekeepers' Association to stop endorsing bee-killing pesticides Alison Benjamin guardian society editor | 17th November 2010 News Bees Food And Farming Pesticides Chemicals beekeeper.jpg The …