Thu, 1 Feb 2018 17:56:28 +0000
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*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable production intensification and land management*
Dear Subscribers,
Please see this brief Opinion article in Farmers Guardian (20 January 2018)
by John Cherry, Hertfordshire (UK) farmer and Director of Groundswell
No-Till Farming Conference, regarding his views about 'the other way to
farm'.
He says: "It may be coincidence, but on our farm we have found since we
stopped using insecticides on wheat, our need to pellet for slugs has all
but disappeared. We have not been ravaged by barley yellow dwarf virus
either". And " We converted to 100 per cent no-till on our arable land
seven years ago, after 30 years of trying to beat the land into submission.
What started out as a straightforward cost saving exercise soon morphed
into an obsession with our soil. This, it seems, is a common side-effect of
‘going no-till’."
He says: "Someone told me the other day farming should be a conversation
with nature, not a battle against it, as it is certainly a very valuable
ally. "
More at the link:
https://www.fginsight.com/news/dont-miss/opinion-john-cherry-hertfordshire---our-job-as-farmers-is-not-to-feed-the-world
*Amir Kassam *
*Moderator*
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From: <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 1:17 PM
Subject: Tweet by Groundswell on Twitter
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*Groundswell (@Groundswellaguk
<https://twitter.com/groundswellaguk?refsrc=email&s=11>)*
22/01/2018, 12:58
<https://twitter.com/groundswellaguk/status/955530094315016193?refsrc=email&s=11&ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Eios%7Ctwgr%5Eemail>
"Our job as farmers is not to feed the world, but to feed our families,
make a profit and produce food people want to eat." Great article by John
Cherry in the @FarmersGuardian <https://twitter.com/FarmersGuardian>
fginsight.com/news/dont-miss… <https://t.co/MEhbf96MRw>
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