organic farming

Nature-based farming and agri-tech developments are increasingly being pitched against each other. There is a tendency for proponents of both approaches to claim that their way is the only solution to global challenges like ecological and climate breakdown, food security and health crises. The...

IFOAM Organics Europe is warning that mis-use of the term ‘regenerative agriculture’ could contribute to greenwashing and hinder the agroecological transition towards sustainable food systems. Regenerative agriculture is one of a growing number of claims and labels appearing on food packaging...

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Every bit of news seems to be about climate change or crisis politicians whinging about something constant crap about carbon and rewilding. Governments lack of proper support and understanding of our reliance on a large amount of imported food. Did the beginning of the Second World War not teach...

How can growing wheat in (any way) in our relevant agricultural context be "regenerative" ? 🤪 emoji added for a little bit of colour .

Simple poll as per title ? Can the NFU function for farmers and still be able to speak freely / without conflict of interest whilst receiving such corporate income ?

High-throughput screening of soybean di-nitrogen fixation and seed nitrogen content using spectral sensing Johann Vollmann, Vuk Đorđević, Pablo Rischbeck, Martin Pachner, Ahmad M. Manschadi Download Biological nitrogen fixation mediated through symbiosis with rhizobial bacteria is a unique...

I was talking to a farmer in India, he the owner of a large estate would never get too closely involved with work on the ground as they have staff for everything I was talking to him about his rose garden, which was superb. Knowing as I do ( my wife has a large collection) the difficulties of...

Written by Rubina Freiberg from Agriland Veterinary practitioners in the border region have raised concerns about the accreditation standards of a potential new vet school in the republic of Ireland. While a process is underway to identify capacity across third-level institutions in Ireland...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Agri-tech innovation centres are helping pave the way to a more sustainable era of precision farming, be it through the medium of miniscule nanobubbles or to the heights of vertical growing. CPM learns more. “Nanobubbles are going to be...

This Resource is designed to provide a perspective on regenerative agriculture that illuminates the complexity of implementation and system change within the agricultural industry. This perspective presents the current barriers within the agricultural industry system to an uptake of regenerative...

Morning all, (edited to include links) I'm sorry not to have been here for a while. Today we've published some information about what we'll be paying for in the Sustainable Farming Incentive this year, and everything else we'll be paying for through Environmental Land Management schemes. Here...

Moderator notice OK we have done this now in the resource section to try separate he questions and answers from the general chat - we will update it as new questions and answers are added to this thread...

As per the title. He's posted a link to an article which discusses this (badly) in further depth, also highlighting how the Fascists supported small family farms. So: Organic/holistic/environmentalist farmers. How do you feel when other "farmers" tell you that you shouldn't forget your Fascism...

Farmer Focus - John Pawsey I can’t be certain when you will be reading this contribution to the UK’s formative regenerative publication, but what I do know is that most of you will be about to, or will just have, sat around the Christmas table with your family. It can be tricky territory...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The next funding round for the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) will open from the end of the month, Scottish rural affairs secretary Mairi Gougeon has said. Rural businesses in Scotland with projects that protect the environment and the...

Probably a controversial thread this ! Over Christmas I was talking to a friend ( well more a friend of a friend !) on a night out who claimed to be vegan, he really thinks hes single handedly solving global warming and ending all animal suffering ! Closer questioning (after I pointed out...

Department for Environment, Food & Rural AffairsPublished12 May 2022Last updated13 May 2022 — See all updates Get emails about this page Documents Organic farming statistics 2021, statistical notice - open standards document (ODT) ODT, 243 KB This file is in an OpenDocument format This file may...

Not seen any veganuary adverts on tv yet but have seen and advert a few times that is pushing red meat and dairy products, hopefully a sign of things to come

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University. Organic farming strives to utilise techniques which work in collaboration with local ecosystems Organic farming strategies such as crop diversification and rotation can improve field plant diversity levels There are other beneficial strategies...