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Wildflowers aren’t just good for pollinators, they’re helping reduce crop damage and cut pesticide use in apple orchards.

The approach is low-cost, sustainable and proven. A great story for Nature-Friendly Farming Week!

More on the study here ⤵️

@eastangliabylines.co.uk
The flower fix: how nature could slash farm costs
Planting wildflowers between apple trees could save UK farmers up to £3,000 per hectare per year
eastangliabylines.co.uk
May 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It really is this simple!
April 10, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Michele suffers as a direct result of ammonia from factory farms.

We have to stop the expansion of factory farms, for the animals, and for all our sakes. Contact your MP: https://bit.ly/4mAbARm
April 27, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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War in #Iran: What happens when the #fertiliser dries up? sussexbylines.co.uk/business/far...
War in Iran: What happens when the fertiliser dries up?
The benefits of sustainable fertilisers
sussexbylines.co.uk
April 18, 2026 at 11:35 AM
“There’s nothing in farm policy that takes into account climate change,” said one former USDA official. “In fact, most arguments would be that it’s at best neutral and at worst counterproductive for climate change.”

Published Sept. w/ @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
The Floods Kept Coming. He Needed to Grow a Crop That Would Thrive in Water — or to Quit.
One Illinois man’s decadeslong fight to convert his fields into rice paddies demonstrates how it’s possible to bring diversity to the Corn Belt, but improbable so long as federal farm policy remains f...
www.propublica.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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We know so very little about the billions of organisms in our soil yet are casually spraying them with chemicals and watching centuries of invaluable accumulations blow away. Regenerative agriculture is a must.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Down and dirty: how regenerative farming is digging into microscopic soil life
Nurturing everything from bacteria and fungi to worms is seen as essential to helping minimise use of chemicals and machinery
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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🚨 The rise in #IntensiveFarming has coincided with a decline in #birds, #tree(s) species and #butterfly numbers. In the #Severn and #Wye valleys, a #UK hotspot for intensive poultry farming, there are⚡️79 chickens per human⚡️ 🚨

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June 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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March 28, 2026 at 2:41 PM