Author Archives: Ben Eagle

Coastal Farming and Uncertain Futures

As I have often mentioned in previous blog posts my family farms low lying land on the Essex coast. It is a beautiful (if rapidly urbanising) part of the world but it certainly has it’s challenges, one of which is ensuring the future viability of our 3 miles of sea walls. In 2010 the EnvironmentContinueContinue reading “Coastal Farming and Uncertain Futures”

The Many Voices of Our Food Producers

Here is a link to a super article written by Harry Greenfield, joint coordinator of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Agroecology, for the Sustainable Food Trust blog. Greenfield addresses the issue that farmers make up an incredibly diverse community with multiple voices and anybody who writes about agriculture must remain aware of this diversity. TheContinueContinue reading “The Many Voices of Our Food Producers”

Rising Sea Levels and Changing Coastlines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH8Q8Ki9fCA Moving on (at least for the moment) from thinking about river and freshwater flooding I want to reflect on where we are heading in terms of coastal change, rise in sea levels and the impacts this will have on all of us, wherever we are geographically. Sea level rise is not and should notContinueContinue reading “Rising Sea Levels and Changing Coastlines”

Reducing flooding impacts through increasing tree cover in river catchments

Flooding is in the news again. However, this time it is flood prevention in the spotlight: advocation of tree planting to mitigate risk. The national conversation has come about as a result of the release of a study, commissioned by the Environment Agency and led by researchers from the Universities of Southampton and Birmingham. PutContinueContinue reading “Reducing flooding impacts through increasing tree cover in river catchments”