An interesting article from Organic Matters Magazine on community gardening: Organic Matters | Therapy for the soul. Or read it here by clicking below:
Call for EU to ban pesticides that kill bees
“Other European Countries have recognised the devastating impact which these chemicals have had on the British honey bee population. The UK government should follow suit and support the EU proposals to ban these dangerous chemicals. The government should be acting
An Open Letter to the Next Farmer in Chief – Michael Pollan – NYTimes.com
This is a truly excellent (if long) open letter to Obama: The Food Issue – An Open Letter to the Next Farmer in Chief – Michael Pollan – NYTimes.com. what’s more impressive is that Obama read the whole thing and
What’s happened to apples and nuts? « Food Culture West Cork
This week I visited Paul McCormick and Jacinta French at Woodkerne Nurseries near Skibbereen who are trying to rekindle our interest in growing apples and nuts. What’s happened to apples and nuts? « Food Culture West Cork Or read the
A Grá for straw
Here’s a great video from 6 years ago about straw bale building in Ireland. You can read more about it and find the links for parts 2 and 3 on Rob’s blog: A Blast from the Past No.2: Natural Building
Richard Heinberg's MuseLetter: The Food and Farming Transition
An excellent article from Richard Heingberg – it’s quite long but well worth reading: The only way to way avert a food crisis resulting from oil and natural gas price hikes and supply disruptions while also reversing agriculture’s contribution to
Compost: Update
Composting is one of the cornerstones of Organic Growing. We have just updated all the resources on compost in the Essential Organics course so you might like to have a look there for some comprehensive information on how to make
Diversity and Importance of Earthworms
Scientists have found that the UK and Ireland’s common or garden earthworms are far more diverse than previously thought, a discovery with important consequences for agriculture. Here’s a great video made by the biologists who made the discovery:
Soil Association Apprentice Scheme
The Soil Association in the UK is officially launching its Organic Apprenticeship Scheme. Might anybody be inerested in something similar for Ireland? Details of the Soil Association Scheme.
Scramble for allotment plots as veg growing booms
Sales of herbs, fruit and vegetable plants soar by 66% in past six years THE recession has led to long waiting lists for public allotments as rising food prices prompted increasing numbers to grow their own fruit and veg. Link