by Sara Gregson | Dec 22, 2011 | Gardening & Environment
Trying to dream up a festive blog for this week, I rather hopefully googled ‘Christmas Grass.’ To my delight and amazement there are three CDs called Christmas Grass (Vols 1-3). This celebration of Christmas Bluegrass style – is a collection of hauntingly beautiful...
by Sara Gregson | Dec 15, 2011 | Farming & Food
What would the moors and green rolling hills of England look like without any grass or animals to eat it? Very different to today that’s for sure – confirmed by some forward thinking research carried out by Land Use Consultants (LUC) for EBLEX. They have used ‘crystal...
by Sara Gregson | Dec 9, 2011 | Gardening & Environment
The Grasslands Trust, founded in 2002 to reverse the decline of wildlife-rich grasslands in England, says that the small remaining areas of semi-natural grasslands are undervalued by society yet provide important public goods. In a new report, ‘Nature’s Tapestry, The...
by Sara Gregson | Nov 30, 2011 | Farming & Food
Three cheers for milk producer Neil Darwent for setting up Free Range Dairy to promote the value of pasture-based milk production in the UK. His objectives are to: Create a truly sustainable dairy industry Demonstrate that good welfare and profitability go hand in...
by Sara Gregson | Nov 22, 2011 | Farming & Food
Soil beneath grassland stores up to 70t/ha of carbon (25t/ha more than arable crops), and acts as a valuable sink for carbon dioxide, one of the gases on the climate change blacklist. This was confirmed by Northern Ireland farmer Dr John Gilliland OBE last week, at...
