Author RSSInnovative Farming in the Future Depends on Simplifying Red Tape Now
Copyright (c) 2011 Alison Withers
The possibilities for farming innovation and diversification have been the subject of speculation in a recent edition of a well-known UK publication for farmers as part of a discussion on new skills that might attract ...
Signs of Support in the 2011 Budget for Job Creation and Business
Copyright (c) 2011 Alison Withers
Businesses struggling to keep costs under control in the aftermath of the 2008 Great Recession have received some relief from the announcements on fuel duties in the UK budget.
Some of the measures announced by Chan...
The World's Small Farmers May Not be Able to Wait for Action on Climate Change
Copyright (c) 2010 Alison Withers
The headlines during the annual climate change summit each year seem to follow a now familiar pattern a cliff hanger on the night before the conference is due to end suggesting that they were about to break down irretr...
Forests Do Much More for the Planet than Locking Up Carbon Dioxide
Copyright (c) 2010 Alison Withers
We often blame commercial interests in the conflict about what is best for the environment and the planet but perhaps we should take some of the responsibility ourselves.
Commercial organisations exist to respond to...
Challenges of Water Scarcity can be Helped by Biopesticides Developers' new Low-chem Products
Copyright (c) 2010 Alison Withers
Global warming, deforestation and other issues are changing the climate and threatening water shortages in some places and too much water in others.
This has enormous implications for flooding some populations out o...
Low-chem, Biopesticides can help Protect the Land and produce Healthier Food
Copyright (c) 2010 Alison Withers
Looming and possibly irreversible climate change and the global economic crisis have focused attention for the last couple of years.
Among many things identified in groping for solutions is the need to produce food ...