A brief overview of some of the challenges that exist in relation to plantation forestry in the UK and ROI.
The Right Tree, in the Right Place…
Environment
Who needs supermarkets?
Who needs supermarkets? Panic buying in the face of the COVID 19 Pandemic has proven that many feel extremely vulnerable by their dependency on the shops. On the positive side, by supporting and encouraging a diversified range of Irish farming and horticultural activities we provide ourselves with an important cushion during any crisis: a resilient … Continue reading Who needs supermarkets?
Power (and profit) to the People
The growth of community energy generation and supply in Ireland.
Reforestation using Assisted Natural Regeneration….
An Irish perspective on assisted natural regeneration of forestry....
Extract: T.C. Boyles A Friend of the Earth.
A quote from T. C. Boyles, A Friend of the Earth.... ‘To be a friend of the earth, you have to be an enemy of the people’.
Extract: Wilding, The Return of Nature to a British Farm…
Extract from Wilding, The Return of Nature to a British Farm...by Isabella Tree. The author makes the point that the areas with most remaining biodiversity are sometimes the last place you'd imagine finding it...
Got a few spare acres of land?
One landowner in Tyrone, Ireland decided to work with nature, with astonishing results.
Farming gone wild
Disillusioned with conventional large scale farming, the owners of Knepp Castle Estate decided to go wild....
Biofarm 19 – farming for a sustainable future…
An article about the future of sustainable farming that I've borrowed from Clive Bright of RareRuminare and also the Organic Trust.
Pesticides Silencing Nature
A synopsis of recent evidence pointing to the terrible damage being wrought by neonicotinoids.
