6 REASONS WHY ORGANIC ISN’T THE ANSWER

Organic farming depends on fertilizers consisting of large quantities of animal products such as manure, blood, bone meal, and ground fish. Crops grown veganically, however, use no animal or chemical products and require less water, land, and other resources. For centuries, veganic farmers have produced the best food possible while causing the least harm to animals, insects, and ecosystems. With veganic farming a growing trend, it’s important to understand why this method is so vital to our survival, so here are five things you need to know.

A Maryland Grain Grower Takes Regenerative Agriculture to the Next Step

Heinz Thomet works in balance with nature to grow highly sought-after specialty crops, while sequestering carbon and building a regional food economy.
In his 20s, farmer Heinz Thomet recalls asking himself: “What do you want to do with your life? Are you going to purchase some mountain valley and live a hermit life… or do you want to be in the world and be part of change?”

Climate change: Tree planting rise ‘needs to happen quickly’

Significant rises in tree planting in the UK “need to happen quickly” if other targets to cut carbon are not met, government advisers have warned.

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) recommends 30,000 hectares of woodland should be planted annually, more than double the new trees planted last year.

And it said this may have to rise to 50,000 hectares if other carbon reduction targets are not achieved.

Discover the basics of growing trees

Discover the basics of growing trees and download your free seed harvest handbook.
 

Kathleen Jannaway: Planting Seeds and Trees the Vegan Way

The present over-industrialised system degrades people to machine slaves and to programmed consumers of machine products, depriving them of their creativity and other essentials of spiritual growth.

Kathleen Jannaway, 1990.

A Single Dragonfly Can Eat Hundreds of Mosquitoes Per Day, Plant This to Attract Them to Your Yard

Build a dragonfly pond with the following aquatic plants for all-natural pest control. Never worry about mosquitoes, termites, deerflies, blackflies, horseflies or midges again!

UK’s first commercial crop of chickpeas harvested in Norfolk

The UK’s first commercial crop of chickpeas has been harvested in Norfolk this week.

Up to 20 tonnes of the legume – grown by four farmers across the UK – will eventually be dried and packaged by the Suffolk-based pulse specialist Hodmedod’s and will go on sale in mid-September.

What a fantastic day!

Many thanks to Paul Smorthit and Graham Burnett from Spiral Seed, who led and organized two courses at Organic Lea; Design 4 Life – Introduction to Vegan Permaculture 10^th June  and Introduction to Forest Gardening 27^th July.

So many incredible people looking to move towards a happier, healthier and compassionate future for themselves, their families and communities.

Welcome to everyone who took part, now VON members, may you live long and prosper :-) .

Buy veganic veg online.

It's been nearly 10 years since we started growing our vegetables at Shumei Natural Agriculture Yatesbury and quite a few people asked us about having a veg box delivered. We are pleased to announce that we have started using parcel box. Our vegetables can now be delivered nationwide to your door next day by Royal mail.