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December 2010 - Posts

• Making more moo-la from your milk

  Author Name: Madeleine Lewis A material produced from cow milk protein that is strong enough for commercial use, yet biodegradable, could replace traditional Styrofoam packaging say US scientists . Read More... Posted Dec 30 2010, 09:00 AM by Blog posts Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Dairy, footprinting, resources [Edit Tags]

• Making more moo-lah from your milk

  Author Name: Madeleine Lewis A material produced from cow milk protein that is strong enough for commercial use, yet biodegradable, could replace traditional Styrofoam packaging say US scientists . Read More... Posted Dec 30 2010, 09:00 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Dairy, footprinting, resources [Edit Tags]

• A look back at 2010 and a sneak preview of 2011

  Author Name: Will Frazer It’s been another fertile year at Farming Futures. We thought we’d look back at some of our favourite moments and give you a sneak preview of our exciting plans for 2011... Read More... Posted Dec 28 2010, 12:00 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Climate change - it's snow joke

  Author Name: Madeleine Lewis Back in the middle of November, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Research released a rather gloriously timed piece of work. “Global Warming could cool down temperatures in winter” said the headline just a matter... Posted Dec 23 2010, 09:00 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, carbon, resources [Edit Tags]

• Climate change - it snow joke

  Author Name: Madeleine Lewis Back in the middle of November, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Research released a rather gloriously timed piece of work. “Global Warming could cool down temperatures in winter” said the headline just a matter... Posted Dec 23 2010, 09:00 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, carbon, resources [Edit Tags]

• ADAS say solar energy parks are a ‘win, win’ for farmers

  Author Name: Claire Wyatt The environmental consultancy ADAS has teamed up with international solar photovoltaic (PV) experts Enfinity to begin installing what will be the UK’s biggest solar energy parks. These installations will provide a real... Posted Dec 20 2010, 01:32 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• The challenges of Carbon Sequestration and Pasture Farming

  Author Name: Chris Jones At Woodland Valley we have been Read More... Posted Dec 17 2010, 12:07 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• 21st century farming versus 20th century attitudes

  Author Name: Catherine Webster Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Read More... Posted Dec 15 2010, 09:08 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Climate news and knowledge #13

  Author Name: Will Frazer Climate News and Knowledge is our fortnightly round up of some of the main stories covering climate change and sustainable farming. This time there is talk of super dairies, sustainable woodland, investment in agriculture and... Posted Dec 13 2010, 01:51 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Happy marriage for low carbon and profitable livestock farming

  Author Name: Dr Duncan Pullar Livestock farmers have been a popular scapegoat in the press when it comes to climate change, but new research shows that farmers should now be on the front foot when it comes to discussing a sustainable future for the industry... Posted Dec 09 2010, 12:54 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock, Dairy, biodiversity, carbon footprint, water footprint, profitability [Edit Tags]

• Over 80% of farms want solar PV on their roofs by 2013

  Author Name: Madeleine Lewis A recent survey has found that 80% of farmers in the UK want to have solar photovoltaics on their roofs within the next three years. The results prove farmers’ interest in generating clean electricity has soared following... Posted Dec 07 2010, 12:47 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Solar, FiTs, solar pv, renewable energy [Edit Tags]

• Next generation tap into Twitter to decide farming career

  Author Name: Bill Graham Could Twitter be the saving grace for the next generation of UK farmers? Over the past couple of week’s farmers across the country have been ‘tweeted’ by school children to find out what it is like to be a farmer... Posted Dec 06 2010, 02:35 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, twitter, education, climate change, future skills [Edit Tags]

• Farming Futures gets the gong!

  Author Name: Madeleine Lewis Trudging through the snow yesterday in our wellies was just like any other day for the Farming Futures team. We’ve held many a workshop in the snow, freezing cold, gusting winds or driving rain. But yesterday was a little... Posted Dec 03 2010, 01:10 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, winners! [Edit Tags]

• Oxfordshire farmers get together on climate

  Author Name: Alan Spedding Farmers are notoriously busy and time constrained. From feeding the world, GM crops and new technology, to better communications and different scales of production – there is plenty to think about. And for an eclectic... Posted Dec 01 2010, 04:27 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, footprinting, water, carbon, nutrient, resources, soil [Edit Tags]