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Sep 22, 20215 minCommentALL CHANGE FOR FARMING AND THE REST OF US part 2A quick look at the adaptability and success of British Farming. British farming can be regarded as a 500 year story of change with most...
Sep 21, 20214 minUseful InfoALL CHANGE FOR FARMING AND THE REST OF US PART 1AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH - COAL, OIL AND GAS Our civilization is founded on coal, oil and gas more completely than one realises until one...
Sep 1, 20214 minCommentAre Alpacas Commercially Viable?In May 2012, Dianne Simmons, the first known person to catch TB from alpacas in the UK said, " I fear petting zoos could be riddled with...
Aug 19, 20214 minCommentNo English Required!And the Lord looked down on the people of Shinar and said, “ Come, let us go down there and confuse their speech, so that they will not...
Aug 3, 20213 minCommentWords - the importance of words in environmental arguments.Many environmental arguments rest upon questions of value rather than principle and logic. We see this in many areas whether it be GM...
Jul 26, 20211 minCommentThe Improper Gardener's ClubApparently the world of horticulture and gardening is fraught with judgemental people calling gardeners out as not being "proper"...
Jul 26, 20212 minCommentJeremy Clarkson's predecessor - Henry WilliamsonAs we saw the success of Amazon Prime's new TV series "Clarkson's Farm" showing the reality of farming in the UK it reminded of a man...
Jul 12, 20212 minCommentArchaeology and the importance of knowing which way a cow stands to have a piss.Many years ago a family of farming brothers in Cambridgeshire had the opportunity to cash in on their land by having it developed for...
Jul 9, 20219 minCommentIs the late Sir Richard Body the architect of current Conservative Agricultural policy in the UK?As a teenager going to Spalding Grammar School I would often see our member of Parliament Richard Body walking near his house in Welland...