Farming Futures Blog

February 2011 - Posts

• Adaptability and change are at the heart of farming

  Author Name: Phil Stocker It’s challenging, inspiring, and very tiring, and I always find the Soil Association conference ‘re-fuels’ me for the rest of the year. On the way home I got to thinking about the journey I had been on over... Posted Feb 28 2011, 09:00 AM by Blog posts Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, organic [Edit Tags]

• Climate news and knowledge #17

  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 the power of the people, the fallout from the FIT review and climate... Posted Feb 25 2011, 05:32 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, FiTs, social media, campaigns [Edit Tags]

• Are you a savvy rural entrepreneur?

  Author Name: Matt Redman UK Farmers – straw hat, grass chewing folk who throw a few seeds about, keep a few animals and ride about on a tractor slowing car drivers down? Or highly skilled business men and women who look upon any new technological... Posted Feb 24 2011, 01:44 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, technology, future skills, farming's image, entrepreneurship, PR [Edit Tags]

• Power to society: think again on the FIT review

  Author Name: Mark Shorrock Farmers, landowners and hundreds of communities across the country will be the biggest losers following the Coalition Government’s threatened backtracking over funding for community scale solar energy schemes. That’s... Posted Feb 22 2011, 09:30 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Solar, footprinting, resources, solar pv, big society [Edit Tags]

• From a long history to a sustainable future

  Author Name: Chris Stoate A combination of history, modern science and childhood memories, can provide important insight into how we can work towards a more sustainable future. This mixture of information is also a great way of raising the awareness of... Posted Feb 21 2011, 11:57 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, resources, biodiversity [Edit Tags]

• Changes fit for AD success

  Author Name: Mark Newton Read More... Posted Feb 16 2011, 09:05 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, FiTs, solar pv [Edit Tags]

• Climate news and knowledge #16

  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 the many challenges of the future, punchy weather and soaring fuel... Posted Feb 15 2011, 10:48 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, biodiversity, solar pv [Edit Tags]

• The "Cool Farm Tool"

  Author Name: Mark Pettigrew Mark Pettigrew, Agricultural Development Manager, is leading PepsiCo ’s bold project to slash their carbon and water footprint by 50% in the next 5 years. In 2011, the focus is working with PepsiCo’s 350 potato... Posted Feb 08 2011, 10:23 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Potatoes, Solar, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, carbon footprint, water footprint, potato [Edit Tags]

• How to build soil fertility for future generations

  Author Name: Patrick Holden Patrick Holden, former Director of the Soil Association , talks us through his top tips for creating sustainable soils. Read More... Posted Feb 04 2011, 09:31 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, soil [Edit Tags]

• New funding now available for Yorkshire farmers

  Author Name: Claire Wyatt Farmers in Yorkshire can apply for RDPE funding for equipment that will help them save money and be more efficient, it was announced this week. Read More... Posted Feb 02 2011, 11:27 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, water, carbon, resources [Edit Tags]

• Food system revolution...who’s hungry?

  Author Name: Julian Hunt One of the most striking things about Read More... Posted Feb 01 2011, 10:33 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, carbon, resources [Edit Tags]