Posts Tagged ‘ gardening ’
Eco Farm Day
Ramada Inn, Cornwall, Ottawa, February 27-28 Renowned American farmer and proponent of small-scale organic farming Eliot Coleman is the keynote speaker at the Canadian Organic Growers’ Eco Farm Day. The former executive director of IFOAM, who was also an advisor to the US Department of Agriculture, is the author of The New Organic Grower, regarded as a More →
Soil Association Lady Eve Memorial Lecture
Central Hall, Westminster, London, October 2, 2008 If you care about the environment but seriously wonder what the hell you can do about it in a world full of doom and gloom, Monty Don is a man worth hearing. The new president of the Soil Association is giving this year’s lecture about what we should More →
Say no to GMO
More than a thousand protesters marched on the West Australian Parliament today demanding the new government extend the moratorium on the production of genetically modified crops. Front and centre of the march was renowned gardening guru Peter Cundall, who described the push for GM food as dangerous, arguing it would harm Western Australia’s export image as a “clean, green state”. More →
