Monthly Archives: August 2023

Farm Woodland Forum Annual Meeting in Northern Ireland . ‘Trees on stock farms for climate resilience’   Thursday 15th June. Visit to AFBI (Agri-Food and Bioscience Institute) Loughgall. 

Posted on August 9, 2023 by cornucopiaalchemy

Visit led by Dr. Rodrigo Olaves with colleagues. For more information about Farm Woodland Forum see. https://www.agroforestry.ac.uk/about-us For more information about past annual meetings see – https://www.agroforestry.ac.uk/meetings/annual-meeting-2022 Agroforestry trials can play a vital role informing on farm practices. Unfortunately funding … Continue reading →

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Digeponics and the circular economy. Considering its potential role in developing resilient food systems.

Posted on August 8, 2023 by cornucopiaalchemy

Andrew Ormerod. EU Horizon 2020 GOLF Exchange program I was interested to learn how digiponics (use of solid and liquid digestate) from biogas production from waste resources could contribute to community and commercial food production goals as well as providing … Continue reading →

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Biodiversity – traditional cultures use of Maize. Farmers and seed exchange in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Posted on August 5, 2023 by cornucopiaalchemy

Maize – the Anthropologists point of view – interview with Lone Badstue anthropologist at CIMMYT Mexico in 2005. Key words and phrasesBiodiversity, Seed exchange, seed saving, how seed is a living thing,Perceptions of food around the world.Seed – viable grain … Continue reading →

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