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Organic Farming

Natural winemaking
Guardian Unlimited | 09 Nov 2010
Video: Henrietta Lovell visits 'natural' winemaker Thierry Puzelat to see how he makes his wine an 'expression of the land' by keeping his vines herbicide and pesticide-free.
 United Kingdom | Agriculture | Agrochemicals | Biodiversity | Organic Farming
Sustainable food in Wales
Guardian Unlimited | 21 Oct 2010
Sustainability is at the heart of the Welsh food industry - but what does that actually mean? In the foothills of the Black Mountains, on the edge of the small village of Felindre near Hay-on-Wye, Wales, Paul Benham works 1.5 acres of what once was unproductive grazing land. Primrose Organic Farm...
 Wales | Agriculture and Fisheries | Organic Farming
The youth trend that's not for couch potatoes
The Independent | 09 May 2010
It is a taste of the good life for the iPhone generation: more rewarding than InterRailing, safer than kibbutzim. It even has a catchy name, wwoofing. Record numbers of environmentally conscious young people are volunteering through the organisation Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (Wwoof).
 United Kingdom | Farming Practices | Organic Farming
Look After London
This is London | 03 Dec 2009
A few weeks before I took up my job as the Mayor's food adviser, I went to see some food-growing projects in the capital, the first being in the centre of four ugly grey tower blocks in Tower Hamlets.
 Organic Farming | Recycling
Loss of soil threatens UK food production
Guardian Unlimited | 26 Sep 2009
Defra's chief scientist says safeguarding soil is 'critical' if food production is to increase in the UK in the next 20-30 years More than 2m tonnes of topsoil from farms and forests is being eroded by wind and rain each year, jeopardising efforts to increase food production, the UK government said today. The soil erosion is reducing the amount of food grown, increasing the risk of flooding and ...
 Habitat Loss | Organic Farming | Recycling | Waste Management | Water Pollution
Why biodynamic gardening makes sense
Telegraph | 17 Sep 2009
Biodynamic methods such as planting by the moon are a natural progression from organic gardening
 Organic Farming
Fresh blow to organic as study says organic farms bad for songbirds
The Times | 09 Sep 2009
Favourite farmland birds such as skylarks and yellowhammers fare worse on organic farms during winter, researchers say.
 Organic Farming
Aphids to be targeted by pesticides based on genetic research
The Times | 08 Sep 2009
They ravage gardens and threaten some of the world's leading food crops — but aphids could finally have met their match.
 Organic Farming
Could venison ranches be the future?
The Herald | 03 Sep 2009
It's healthy, sustainable, organic and even eagle-friendly - no wonder Scottish venison is selling out as quickly as estates can produce it. If demand continues to grow, we could in future see "deer ranches" on land previously used for sheep.
 Organic Farming
Organic food not healthier, study finds
Reuters | 30 Jul 2009
LONDON (Reuters) - Organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over conventionally produced food, according to a major study published on Wednesday.
 Organic Farming
Organic food 'no better for health than factory-farmed', says report
The Times | 29 Jul 2009
Shoppers who are willing to pay more than three times the price of factory-farmed chicken for organic birds get no more benefit to their health, according to a study commissioned by the Food Standards Agency.
 Organic Farming
Organic food has no health benefits, study finds
The Times | 29 Jul 2009
Organic food gives no health benefits to consumers, according to research for the Food Standards Agency published today.
 Organic Farming
Activist turns Jakarta suburb into green oasis
Reuters | 06 Jul 2009
JAKARTA (Reuters Life!) - In many areas of Jakarta, the air pollution is choking, what little green spaces there are wilting and garbage festers on street corners. And then there's Banjarsari, a green oasis on the outskirts of city.
 Air Pollution | Organic Farming | Recycling | Waste Management
Green dream of independent energy
BBC | 12 May 2009
Northern Ireland should harness its natural wind, biomass and tidal resouces, the Green Party says in its election manifesto.
 Genetically Modified Organisms | Organic Farming | Renewable Energy
Pig flu: warnings the world ignored
Sunday Herald | 03 May 2009
international agencies were warned four years ago that cramming millions of pigs into massive industrial farms could trigger a swine flu pandemic.
 Organic Farming
Now my farm will help teach the world to live without oil, says woman who banished plastic bags from...
Daily Mail | 14 Feb 2009
After the triumph of her campaign to rid her home town of plastic bags, REBECCA HOSKING reveals her latest battle - to revolutionise farming and stop Britain plunging into an energy and food crisis.
 Biodiversity | Habitat Loss | Organic Farming
Farmers seeking organic 'holiday'
BBC | 31 Jan 2009
Organic farmers seek approval to take a break from their strict quality standards, to better compete on price during the recession.
 Organic Farming
Reaction to EU pesticide ban
BBC | 17 Jan 2009
Farmers in the East of England are concerned about a European ban on certain pesticides.
 Organic Farming
Long haul food can produce lower carbon emissions than local produce
Telegraph | 17 Jan 2009
Buying locally produced food can produce more greenhouse gases than buying products transported long distances to customers' doors a new study has revealed.
 Carbon Storage | Organic Farming
Why battery hens 'are healthier than free range'
Daily Mail | 15 Jan 2009
A study has found that free-range and barn-reared birds were more prone to cannibalism and deadly diseases than hens kept in cramped but sterile cages.
 Organic Farming

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