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“Bristol’s last working farm”: A farm for the future

Sustainable Food Trust

Along with being a trustee of the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE ) and the chair of Bedminster Down and Upland Society, she spearheads a group that seeks out brownfield sites for potential housing developments to counter claims that building on greenfield sites is a necessity.

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Commentary: America’s Cropland – Talk Is Cheap When It Comes to Sustainability or Organic Farming

Daily Yonder

As a kid from rural Iowa, I have joked about growing up with herbicide for breakfast, pesticide for lunch, and fertilizer for supper. In fact, farm chemicals have created a multi-generational and slow-motion health epidemic across rural America and its diaspora. Even Perrizo in Faribault County used herbicides to terminate his.

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Organic Farming for Ecosystem Biodiversity & Diversity – Larchgrove Farm, Barrhead County

RR2CS

Often, in conventional agriculture, muskeg areas and sloughs are drained and ploughed. Learn more about Larch Grove Farm – [link] The post Organic Farming for Ecosystem Biodiversity & Diversity – Larchgrove Farm, Barrhead County appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions.

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