Life On A Victorian Farm
Can three modern historians survive a whole year working as if they were back in the 19th Century? In the first part
Reports of ‘windfall tax’ cap hit wobbly renewable funds
Source: CityWire: https://citywire.com/investment-trust-insider/news/reports-of-windfall-tax-cap-hit-wobbly-renewable-funds/a2399499?section=investment-trust-insider&_ga=2.194516837.993015661.1665487747-532073812.1665487747 Shares in under-pressure renewable infrastructure funds slid today after weekend reports that the government was considering imposing a cap
Op-ed: It’s Time to End the Poultry Industry’s Exploitative Contracts
Most chicken growers must compete in a tournament system that pays the top producers using money that would have gone to pay
Are Criollo Cattle a Regenerative Solution to a 1,200-Year Megadrought?
Source: https://civileats.com/2022/08/08/criollo-cattle-regenerative-grazing-wildfires-solution-megadrought/ This heritage breed has adapted to dry rangelands and may help regenerate the soil while needing less water and feed
Europe’s farmers look to a future of long-term drought
Much of Europe has suffered through repeated heat-waves in recent weeks. And that’s hit economies hard, whether through reduced river-traffic, dried-up farm
Disruption in water cycle threatens the Earth
According to the European Commission, the current drought could be the worst “for at least 500 years.” Large swaths of the continent
Record profits for grain firms amid food crisis prompt calls for windfall tax
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/23/record-profits-grain-firms-food-crisis-calls-windfall-tax Sales at world’s top four traders have soared, raising concerns of profiteering and speculation Companies at the centre of the
LA Organic – a premium organic olive oil producer in Spain
LA ORGANIC IN RONDA, ANDALOUSIA & FINCA SON MIRANDA IN MAJORCA History More than two hundred years ago, a religious community in
The long tradition of herb use in Poland
Herbs & Plants, & Everything Green! The Polish affinity for herbs has a long history, but it is also very much in
Netflix’s “Rotten” Reveals the Perils of Global Food Production
Source: Sierra Club magazine: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/netflix-s-rotten-reveals-perils-global-food-production We all love to eat. And increasingly, our cultural conversation centers around food—the cultivation of refined taste
