“Money needs growth and growth needs energy” A good primer on the economics of sustainability: An Economics Addition to ‘The Transition Handbook’ » Transition Culture.
UK Government invests in £1m horticulture apprenticeships
£1 million is to be invested into a UK-wide horticultural apprenticeship scheme. The funding will be split among 47 local councils who will offer a traineeship scheme to budding horticulturists of all ages, giving them the opportunity to improve their
Quick Return Composting
via Soil Association website: “Andrew Davenport’s passion for organic gardening and promotion of the ‘Quick Return’ composting method has won him the title of Soil Association ‘Organic Hero’. After many failures at making compost, Andrew discovered the ‘Quick Return’ method
Pot Wash
Time to wash those pots if you haven’t already!: Monster Wash.
The not so humble potato
You may not be familiar with scarlet, purple or knobbly potatoes, but thanks to the current revival in tasty heritage varieties, you soon will be. You could even try growing your own, says Norman Miller Read the full article here:
Traditional farming could propel millions out of poverty
Across the developing world, times are desperate for smallholders, caught between rising food and fuel prices and a credit crunch that sees orders falling and access to loans becoming harder than ever. Yet these smallholders, too often overlooked by companies
An Interview with cheesemaker Bill Hogan by Ivan McCutcheon
Bill Hogan is one of Ireland’s most celebrated cheese makers. He and Sean Ferry started West Cork Natural Cheese in Schull in the mid 80s and produce two large hard cheeses in the Swiss style using summer milk – Gabriel
Folke Günther on ecological design,thermodynamics of living systems,ecological engineering, nutrient recycling and oil depletion
For anyone interested in sustainability Folke Gunther has a great site: Folke Günther on ecological design,thermodynamics of living systems,ecological engineering, nutrient recycling and oil depletion.
Watch the college on RTE Nationwide online
You can watch the piece on the college on Nationwide online at the RTE website. Well done to all those interviewed – we think it came across really well!
Square Foot Gardening on Alternative Kitchen Garden Podcast
Emma over at the Alternative Kitchen Garden has a great podcast on ‘square foot gardening’ – quite relevant for our small raised beds in the DL garden. We’ll do some planning an sowing / planting on these next week at