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• 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 Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Potatoes, Solar, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, carbon footprint, water footprint, potato [Edit Tags]

• The First UK Carbon Neutral Egg

  Author Name: David Brass Here at the Lakes Free Range Egg Company we are aiming to become the first UK carbon neutral, sustainable egg packing operation. Always trying to be at the forefront of innovation, we are installing modern technologies and equipment... Posted Jan 06 2011, 09:00 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Solar, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, carbon neutral, eggs [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]

• 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]

• Climate news and knowledge #12

  Author Name: William 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 investment in research, counter-productive biofuel plans, the credibility... Posted Nov 26 2010, 01:20 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, FiTs, woodlands [Edit Tags]

• Why plant trees when it means you lose subsidy?

  Author Name: Ruth Simpson This time last winter I was madly throwing saplings into holes when the first blizzard, of what was to be a very tough and cold winter, struck. We had just started the process of planting 3500 saplings on our dairy farm in North... Posted Nov 22 2010, 07:08 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Wind, Solar, Livestock, Dairy, woodland, peak oil, heat exchanger, permaculture [Edit Tags]

• Shortlisted for a global Green Award...!

  Author Name: Kate O'Hagan To start November with a bit of a bang, the Farming Futures team are very excited to announce that we have been nominated for another award – the project has been shortlisted for the ‘Best Green Public Sector... Posted Nov 04 2010, 10:11 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, green, communications [Edit Tags]

• Farmers – we need to turn the energy market upside down

  Author Name: Juliet Davenport By 2050 electricity demand will at least double current levels, and simultaneously, the UK is legally bound to reducing carbon emissions by 80%. This means we’re going to see an increasing electrification of every part... Posted Oct 28 2010, 03:03 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Solar, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, carbon, resources, renewables, energy, spending review [Edit Tags]

• Climate news and knowledge #9

  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 environmental costs of livestock farming, impacts of climate change... Posted Oct 15 2010, 05:48 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, nitrogen, beef, small farms, water footprint [Edit Tags]

• Vote for Farming Futures!

  Author Name: Kate o'Hagan Farming Futures has been shortlisted for the Good Web Guide 's 'Website of the Year Award'! The Good Web Guide received 1809 entries and we were one of the chosen few selected by the judges on Thursday to... Posted Oct 12 2010, 11:20 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, award, website [Edit Tags]

• Gatecrash the energy party with us

  Author Name: Hugh Knowles Assembly line production revolutionisedAmerican society. By inventing a highly efficient system for putting automobiles together, Henry T Ford invented the Model T Ford in 1908. And with it, he made Americans car owners and profoundly... Posted Oct 06 2010, 07:48 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Climate news and knowledge#8

  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 carbon footprints, speculative finance, setting the record straight... Posted Oct 01 2010, 05:40 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, crop failure, carbon footprint [Edit Tags]

• Climate news and knowledge #7

  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 getting the facts right, hot crops, and progress on renewables. Read... Posted Sep 17 2010, 05:48 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, renewables, hydro power, yields [Edit Tags]

• Climate news and knowledge#6

  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. More CO2 = higher yields? Think again. Read More... Posted Sep 05 2010, 08:33 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, wheat, co2 fertilisation, biochar, twitter [Edit Tags]

• Can Britain feed itself?

  Author Name: Sam Henderson During 2007 and 2008 the world experienced a global food crisis. Possibly the first genuinely global food crisis ever. There were riots in over 30 countries. The UN called emergency summits and meetings. India stopped exporting... Posted Aug 16 2010, 01:40 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, water, carbon, nutrient, resources [Edit Tags]

• The era of cheap, abundant energy is over

  Author Name: Will Frazer That was the message from Chris Huhne in DECC’s annual energy statement last week. The statement was about big choices and big trade offs to ensure the future of our energy supply - and agriculture and land use was very... Posted Aug 09 2010, 01:07 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, land use, woodland, bioenergy, energy [Edit Tags]

• New tool to help farmers count the cost of reducing emissions

  Author Name: Dr Elena Pérez-Miñana ‘Is solar or a turbine better for my farm? Read More... Posted Aug 06 2010, 11:56 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Wind of change in the uplands

  Author Name: David Hugill Read More... Posted Jul 30 2010, 12:47 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Wind, Livestock, sheep, uplands, severe weather [Edit Tags]

• Climate news and knowledge#2

  Author Name: Will Frazer In the last couple of weeks there has been talk of uncertainty about investment in AD, innovative responses to the impacts of the dry spell, spiced up sheep and super cows... Read More... Posted Jul 09 2010, 03:19 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, sheep, water, renewables, methane, cows, AD [Edit Tags]

• Water, water all around, and not a drop to drink!

  Author Name: John Allwood Rainfall in the first five months of 2010 the lowest in 45 years this blog reported last week ! Read More... Posted Jul 02 2010, 03:54 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Solar, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Dairy, PV, water, resources [Edit Tags]

• Vertical farms and hydroponics for Qatar

  Author Name: Will Frazer Bold plans have been set out by Qatar to achieve national food security in the wake of the food crisis two years ago. Read More... Posted Jul 01 2010, 04:30 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, hydroponics, vertical farming, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]