Sustainable Food Trust
JANUARY 14, 2025
As news of weed killer resistant plants hits the headlines, Patrick Holden reflects on discussions at the latest Oxford Real Farming Conference, highlighting why the plough may not be the worst option when it comes to nature-friendly cultivation. The theme was how ploughing and cultivation can be good for soil health.
Modern Farmer
AUGUST 24, 2023
Two organizations want to put an end to the wild west of claims and prove, through certification, that food labeled regenerative is genuinely the gold standard of sustainability and not just another marketing buzzword. But outcomes of the land don’t show the whole picture in a globalized food system. But it’s not quite that simple.
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Farmers Weekly
AUGUST 2, 2023
Farmers Weekly Implementing regenerative agriculture principles across 14,000ha is a central component of Dyson Farming’s long-term circular farming model, as it produces high-quality food with minimal environmental impact.
Sustainable Food Trust
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
It is an attitude that undoubtedly aides the success of a social prescribing programme, instigated by the Sustainable Food Trust , that gives local people with health and wellbeing needs an opportunity to immerse themselves in day-to-day activities on a proper working farm. Landscape photos courtesy of Yew Tree Farm website.
Sustainable Food Trust
JUNE 14, 2023
But will the current trend away from ploughing towards direct drilling and the accompanying use of glyphosate bring the benefits advocates claim, or could this make matters even worse? Richard Young follows on from his article, Speed the plough or the direct drill and sprayer?
Sustainable Food Trust
JUNE 14, 2023
In this series, we explore the role of metrics in transitioning to a more sustainable food and farming system, and we meet some of the people who are leading the way. Instead, deep ploughing to create intensive cropland tore up the native grass cover, leaving soils exposed and friable. Copyright owned by LONDNR.
Daily Yonder
APRIL 11, 2023
America’s recent history with farming in the Midwest sees a change from horse-and-ploughs to tractors during the 1930s and 40s – especially after World War 2. He was aware that the products he developed were harmful but they also produced an abundance of food. How did America Establish Today’s Farming Methods?
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