Cuba – the country that transitioned from conventional agriculture to large-scale semi-organic farming

Before the collapse of the Soviet Union Cuba was importing fertilisers, pesticides , farm equipment and and the oil to run themContinue readingCuba – the country that transitioned from conventional agriculture to large-scale semi-organic farming

The Prince’s Countryside Trust: Is there a future for the small family farm in the UK?

Foreward Over the last two or three decades, the farms which populate the landscape of the United Kingdom and have shaped itsContinue readingThe Prince’s Countryside Trust: Is there a future for the small family farm in the UK?

How a closed-door meeting shows farmers are waking up on climate change

Perdue, Vilsack and leading agricultural groups gathered in a Maryland barn to talk about the farm-country issue that dare not speak itsContinue readingHow a closed-door meeting shows farmers are waking up on climate change

U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance now calling on American agriculture to fight climate change

While individual members of the alliance — the powerful pork and beef lobbies — aren’t particularly comfortable using the term climate changeContinue readingU.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance now calling on American agriculture to fight climate change

United Kingdom: Uncertain harvest: does the loss of farms matter?

Campaign to Protect Rural England Report https://www.cpre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CPREZUncertainZHarvest.pdf Summary The report discussed many forms of diversity – from who farms the land, whatContinue readingUnited Kingdom: Uncertain harvest: does the loss of farms matter?

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