Tag Archives: farming
‘Normal’ has failed vulnerable people
For the world’s most vulnerable people the last thing they need is to get back to normal. The current pandemic has exposed the fragility of farming and food systems around the world. Farming wasn’t working before now, millions of smallholder … Continue reading
Global Warming May Have Started Sooner Than You Thought
The following is based on my reading of a specific section of a book that made me think again about global warming. I have paraphrased sections and excluded the bit about GM crops, if you want to know more, read … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, political
Tagged Agriculture, farming, Forest, Global warming
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Our food may be killing us
I’ve read a few articles over the last couple of days suggesting that pressure being put on farmers to control disease in their animals may end up reducing our resistance to disease. Mega factory farming, as practiced in the USA … Continue reading
