Tag: agriculture
Sustainability in modern farming: Part 6
The final in this six part series on sustainable farming sums up what sustainability means for the business of farming in the long term. Seen a great eco video? We’d love to know about it, so please email us the link. Even better, make your own video! Film your best tips, secrets
Sustainability in modern farming: Part 5
Episode five of this sustainable farming series looks at diversification and its role in balancing financially viability and environmental sustainability. Seen a great eco video? We’d love to know about it, so please email us the link. Even better, make your own video! Film your best tips, secrets or how-to guide, and
Sustainability in modern farming: Part 2
Part two of this series looks at sustainable farming from a business perspective, covering business planning and borrowing. Seen a great eco video? We’d love to know about it, so please email us the link. Even better, make your own video! Film your best tips, secrets or how-to guide, and either email it to
Sustainability in modern farming: Part 1
What does sustainable farming actually mean? This Farmers Weekly series follows Adam Henson on his Gloucestershire farm and explores the theme of sustainability in modern farming. Seen a great eco video? We’d love to know about it, so please email us the link. Even better, make your own video! Film your best
An introduction to eco farming
Rebecca Brown has a three part series on eco farming in New Zealand. It has some great tips for everyone interested in farming more sustainably. Seen a great eco video? We’d love to know about it, so please email us the link. Even better, make your own video! Film your best tips,
Meatless Mondays – a reader's critique
It's not often we get such in depth feedback on our articles – thanks to Sarah Teng for her input on this sometimes contentious issue. Her full letter to us is below and makes for illuminating reading for anyone interested in the impact of food production on the environment and
'Heretic' farmer visits
Described by Time magazine as the most innovative farmer in the world, Joel Salatin of Virginia in the United States was in New Zealand during February for a speaking tour.
Dairy to be different
Farmer Mark Pike reckons a relaxed approach to dairying is better for the land – and better for farmers.
A better way to farm?
Some interesting points in the New York Times on the 'Marsden Farm Study' of crop rotations. The basic idea? Crop rotations “produced better yields of both corn and soy, reduced the need for nitrogen fertilizer and herbicides by up to 88 per cent, reduced the amounts of toxins in groundwater 200-fold and didn’t
Using waste wood from the logging industry for energy generation – is it a good idea?
The idea of using energy from wood waste is being pushed on the EECA’s Business website (EECA stands for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority – they’re a government organisation). The claim is that using waste wood from the logging industry is a cheap way to get energy and has low emissions
Carbon credits and forestry
Reader submittedOur family has a forestry plantation set up for retirement funds, the first 'crop' is a few years from harvest and the funds made from this are for my parents' retirement and to replant the next crop for the future retirement of their children. A great idea for the family. However,