I’ll be honest – I was getting rather bored with writing this series on food production. I know it’s tremendously … Read More
Agroecology – Alleluia!
Food
Farming and Fertilisers
“The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer … Read More
Pesticides: Can We Live Without?
In 1962 Rachel Carson published her seminal work, Silent Spring, warning that excessive use of synthetic pesticides, especially DDT, was … Read More
Monoculture: Economically Efficient, Ecologically Disastrous
Economically, reducing the number of types of crops that a farmer grows makes perfect sense. Just as production lines increase … Read More