Conservation Ag Farmer from Suffolk, Real Tennis player
Joined March 2010
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Interesting article in the Guardian today which begs the question should we continue to grow energy crops? A 1 MW wind turbine uses 0.3Ha of land whereas a 1 MW biomass plant needs 450 Has of land.
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Crops from regenerative agriculture farms had 34% more vitamin K, 15% more vitamin E, 14% more vitamin B1 and 17% more vitamin B2. The regenerative agriculture crops also had 11% more calcium, 16% more phosphorus and 27% more copper.
world-grain.com/articles/165…
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In the FutureFarm podcast, we look at the BIG issues in the farming industry.
In episode 1, our panel discuss the supply chain and how inflation and bottlenecks are threatening UK food security.
Can growers afford to grow next year's crops?
📻 futurefarm.ag/podcast/episod…
ALT Headshots images of speakers Ali Capper, Chris Hollingsworth and Robert Alston, the panel for episode 1 of the FutureFarm podcast.
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“What if I told you there was a relatively simple, cost effective way to feed the world, reduce pollution, pull carbon from the atmosphere, protect biodiversity and make farmers more money ?” Has there ever been a more interesting opening line in a book ? #conservationag
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Twitter in a nutshell
“There’s very good evidence that shows when you confront people with a ton of facts that contradict their worldview, it actually causes them to hold their existing beliefs more strongly.” t.ted.com/WspFO0y
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Politicians made it very clear that the referendum in 2016 would make the 'final decision' over our membership of the EU.
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Much more toxic than #glyphosate, Copper Sulphate has just been quietly reauthorised. A favourite of Organic growers this highly toxic chemical can be used under derogation presumably because it's "natural"... whatever that may mean. bit.ly/2FQeFeR
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Manitou MLT 360 Reg: EY53 BKK
STOLEN from Little Braxted last night between 11pm and 5:30am this morning. Please let us know if you have seen anything.
Kofi Annan death: World leaders honour former UN chief bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-…
Will this research help us measure the health of our crops? Swift Acid Rain Sensing by Synergistic Rhizospheric Bioelectrochemical Responses pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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Nice evening for combining my zero N trials. 5.7 to 6.3t/ha. Second Wheat, No N, no fungicides, no PGR, one herbicide.
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"The great nutrient collapse": how global warming is changing the food we eat, for the worse. politi.co/2fhENjv
