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
Organic College on RTE Farmweek!
Last week the college was featured on RTE’s Farmweek radio program. You can listen to the show below: [podcast]http://organiccollege.com/wp-content/uploads/farmweek-20080919-organic-college.mp3[/podcast]Download mp3 file
Organic College on RTE Farmweek!
Last week the college was featured on RTE’s Farmweek radio program. You can listen to the show below: [podcast]http://organiccollege.com/wp-content/uploads/farmweek-20080919-organic-college.mp3[/podcast]Download mp3 file
Meat must be rationed to prevent climate change
Meat must be rationed to four portions a week, says report on climate change • Study looks at food impact on greenhouse gases • Return to old-fashioned cooking habits urged * Juliette Jowit, The Guardian, Tuesday September 30 2008 Link
Lessons from the soil – by Richard Heinberg
An excellent article by Richard Heinberg It’s hard to learn much or do much about sustainability without getting your hands dirty. Link to original article or read it here by clicking below:
Celebrate Organic Week
Organic Week is on it’s way. This year Bord Bia have decided to run the event earlier and it will fall between the 15th and 21st of September. This means that it will co-inside with Organic Fortnight in the UK,
100 years to recoup cost of solar panel installation?
Solar panels are one of the least cost-effective ways of combating climate change and will take 100 years to pay back their installation costs, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has warned. Friends of the Irish Environment.
Forestry policy appears as thick as two short planks
The environment and economy both suffer from the way forestry, a key natural resource, is being developed here, writes Fintan O’Toole NOW THAT the boom is over, we have to reflect on two questions. What resources do we have? And