All sectors must play their part in a global emissions deal, but could including agriculture in the mix lead to an intensification of farming and money for GM crops?
… a global emissions deal, but could including agriculture in the mix lead to an … a meeting of the biggest names on the global agriculture scene; the Food Agriculture Organisation of the UN, the …
Carbon reduction potential of ecological farming methods is highlighted at Copenhagen, as protests against industrial agriculture gather strength
… at Copenhagen, as protests against industrial agriculture gather strength Small-scale … heads of state to recognise the role peasant agriculture can play in mitigating climate … achieved through the ecological approach to agriculture which is already used by millions …
The community supports the farmer and the farmer supports the community. Why isn't everyone taking part in the latest agricultural revolution, wonders Ed Hamer
… Ed Hamer | 7th August 2008 News Community Agriculture CSA Farming Forres Scotland … from your food. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a term used loosely to … are built on the foundations of ecological agriculture, organic certification itself …
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must farm and eat differently
… in 2003. 6 The techniques used in organic agriculture to enhance soil fertility in turn … trefoil to ordinary grass. 4. Water use Agriculture is officially the most thirsty … cent of total grain production. 15 Organic agriculture is different. Due to its emphasis …
The uniting of 800 million rural workers against the loss of their traditional way of life gives lie to globalisation’s claims to beneficence. Resistance is far from futile, says Ed Hamer
… unite! Ed Hamer | 1st April 2009 News Farming Agriculture La Via Campesina Fair Trade Food … extended to include control over domestic agriculture policy, guaranteed crop prices to … a commitment to neo-liberal reforms of its agriculture sector. As Taranjit explains, …
Ed Hamer questions the sanity of agricultural policies that increasingly threaten the sovereignty of the British farmer, as well as the food security of the nation
… Ed Hamer | 20th June 2008 Comment Farming Agriculture Agribusiness Farming Conservation … the Commission’s interventionist policies in agriculture, but instead an economic incentive … along with a sustainable model of settled agriculture that supported the UK’s population …
Could London, New York and other cities be self-sufficient in fruit and vegetables? Yes, writes Rachel Dring, by converting wasted roof space into gardens and greenhouses. Benefits include reducing waste; raising energy efficiency, sustainability and food security; and healthier, more connected citizens.
… and developing building-integrated agriculture projects for his home city since … for all involved: "Building integrated agriculture offers the opportunity to close … to all our food needs, building integrated agriculture offers a smart way to maximize …
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must eat and farm differently
… in 2003. The techniques used in organic agriculture to enhance soil fertility in turn … trefoil to ordinary grass. 4 Water use Agriculture is officially the most thirsty … per cent of total grain production. Organic agriculture is different. Due to its emphasis …
What could be more cheerful than this ubiquitous breakfast fruit? But if you’re not buying them Fairtrade and organic, argues Ed Hamer, then you’re buying into a modern agricultural scandal
Bananas: from plantation to plate Ed Hamer | 2nd June 2008 News Bananas Fair Trade Organics Slavery Farming Fair Trade Agribusiness Factory Farming Organics Green Living Food And Farming …
Modern agriculture - even among organic farmers - is often seen as a matter of soil chemistry, writes Lynda Brown. But an alternative view is gaining ground: that it's really about soil life. Nurture your soil-dwelling micro-organisms, and your crops look after themselves.
… Photo: normanack via Flickr (CC BY). Modern agriculture - even among organic farmers - is … far from nurturing the soil that feeds us, agriculture often destroys it. Every time the … knock-on effects. Myth bashing For Ingham, agriculture should be the art of nurturing …
Many a good idea has floundered for lack of funds, but with today's models for community finance this need no longer be so...
… Activism Soil Association Community Supported Agriculture Co-operatives Community Investment … farming Community involvement in agriculture has been demonstrated most … enthusiastic uptake of Community Supported Agriculture initiatives across the UK. This …
Can big ever be beautiful where organic foods are concerned? Ed Hamer gets to grips with one of the environmental consumer’s greatest dilemmas
… to the rapid industrialisation of our agriculture, the organic movement is … to the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), the principles … why, after all, people buy organic. Food and agriculture are central to the problems of …
Meat, dairy... in fact, livestock in general has in recent years joined the ranks of the 4x4 and the short-haul flight. But could a change in the way we graze animals not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but even remove them from the atmosphere?
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The Land Workers Alliance gathered yesterday at DEFRA's London HQ to protest at the corrupt relationship between Government and corporate agriculture - and the deliberate marginalisation of small farmers, our most sustainable producers. Ed Hamer explains ...
… relationship between Government and corporate agriculture - and the deliberate …
Since 1967, Israeli soldiers and 'settlers' in occupied Palestine have destroyed 800,000 olive trees in an attempt to force Palestinian farmers from their land, writes Megan Perry. 'Our response to this injustice will never be with violence, and we will never give up and leave.'
… is severely restricted or non-existent. Agriculture has always been a major part of … Many villagers have become disillusioned with agriculture, but Alkhufash says, "I want to …
Greece is Europe's sandbox for the neoliberal free-for-all to follow if the EU and the US sign off on the TTIP trade and investment treaty, writes Pavlos Georgiadis. The termination of public services, the cut-price sell-off of public assets, the dismantling of environmental protection, the democratic closedown, the rule of corporations and finance capital ... all coming your way soon.
… supporting chief economic sectors, such as agriculture and tourism. It must be at the … This can clearly be seen in Greece's agriculture, food and tourism sectors, which …
It's a hard life being an organic farmer, writes Alicia Miller - and specially when it comes to engaging with a bureaucracy that's trying to 'green' our agriculture. Should small scale farmers change their farming practices to fit in with it? Or the other way round?
… a bureaucracy that's trying to 'green' our agriculture. Should small scale farmers change … and the small mixed farm is integral to how agriculture must change. It is the way …
The practical evidence suggests agroforestry in the UK has got something to offer both commercial farmers and smallholders alike. The challenge now, says Ed Hamer, is how to encourage sceptical farmers that planting trees across farmland is a good idea
… to look for alternatives to mainstream agriculture. Yes there is certainly a … with trees. 'For a long time now both agriculture and forestry have become so … above, shouldn’t come as a surprise. British agriculture has suffered enough misguided …
With controversial plans to allow farmers to cull badgers later this year, Ed Hamer asks whether Bovine TB is really a health problem for either cows or humans
The great badger and bovine TB cover-up: is it really a health risk? Ed Hamer | 30th January 2011 Comment Badgers Food And Farming Disease badger.jpg Badger culling pilots are due to begin in England …
From theory to practice, how one man in Totnes is helping a community respond to the threat of peak oil – from its own currency to relearning lost arts. Ed Hamer reports
… applied to agricultural systems (permanent agriculture) the concept was soon adapted to …
A land grab twice the size of France is under way in Ethiopia, as the government pursues the wholesale seizure if indigenous lands to turn them over to dams and plantations for sugar, palm oil, cotton and biofuels run by foreign corporations, destroying ancient cultures and turning Lake Turkana, the world's largest desert lake, into a new Aral Sea.
Ethiopia: stealing the Omo Valley, destroying its ancient Peoples Megan Perry Sustainable Food Trust | 16th February 2015 News Ethiopia Indigenous Peoples Land Grabs Farming Water omo-tesemay.png A …
Founded in 1991 by Craig Sams and his wife Josephine Fairley, Green & Black’s brand was conceived to represent the ‘green’ concerns of its founders and the ‘black’ of the cocoa bean.
… by the US International Institute of Tropical Agriculture highlighted the exploitation of …
As a youngster on a small farm, antibiotics saved Richard Young's life after a scratch on barbed wire led to septicemia. Now, he's campaigning to stop the routine, mass use of antibiotics on intensive farms, so that they can carry on saving human lives for many years to come ...
… against the misuse of antibiotics in agriculture, seeing this as a threat not only … has also made a study of issues relating to agriculture and and greenhouse gas emissions, …