Ben Eagle

Alternative Ways to Preserve Your Food – Guest Post by Joe Baldwin

According to an essay paper, written by an old friend, when well-to-do folks talk about preserving food, they usually mean refrigeration. Even though refrigeration is a fine way to preserve food, there are still downsides to it. Imagine that the entire region was infiltrated by a storm, leaving you with no electricity. You enterContinueContinue reading “Alternative Ways to Preserve Your Food – Guest Post by Joe Baldwin”

Universal Basic Income a Farm Subsidy Solution?

N.b This post was originally published in Countrysquire Magazine. With the signing of Article 50 imminent, land management subsidies will surely form at least part of the pre-Brexit debates. I have seen several articles published in the past few weeks in various papers, magazine and blogs discussing the concepts of both automation and universal basicContinueContinue reading “Universal Basic Income a Farm Subsidy Solution?”

Book Review: ‘The Old Ways’ by Robert Macfarlane

There is an area of south Essex that I have always dreamed of visiting, a place so remote and with such transitory terrain that it seems impossible that the edges of London are just 30 miles away. Nonetheless, between the Rivers Crouch and Thames is situated a mysterious footpath, in my mind one of theContinueContinue reading “Book Review: ‘The Old Ways’ by Robert Macfarlane”

Who will win the Hedge Cutting debate? Birds v Contractors

In this week’s Farmers Weekly it is difficult to ignore their campaign to repeal the August hedge cutting ban. It seems that the furrows in the brows of contractors are getting deeper and two years after the ban was put in place they continue to call for its reversal. It is an issue that seems toContinueContinue reading “Who will win the Hedge Cutting debate? Birds v Contractors”

Good to see #FarmerMentalHealth in the farming news again

Those of you who are regular readers of the blog will know that a few months ago I profiled rural mental health, as part of a wider campaign to get people talking about the subject (#FarmerMentalHealth on twitter). I did this mainly to get the subject in the spotlight again after the conversation had dissipatedContinueContinue reading “Good to see #FarmerMentalHealth in the farming news again”