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Tag Archives: manure
Why not feed insects to other livestock?
Here in Britain, our Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) coordinates PROteINSECT. This is about farming insects (entomoculture) as a source of protein for animal feed. FERA is part of our Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). I’m … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, food, miniculture
Tagged aquaculture, arthropod, bird, black soldier fly, chicken, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, development, dipteran, disease, disease transmission, egg, entomoculture, entomophagy, feed, food, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food and Environment Research Agency, food safety, food waste, housefly, insect, International Livestock Research Institute, invertebrate, larva, law, livestock, manure, meat, microlivestock, milk, poultry, research, technology, vertebrate, waste, welfare
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Livestock Sector Development in China
argylesock says… There are huge successes in China now. But they come at a cost as my fellow blogger raziqkakar says here. ARKBIODIV.COM China, being the largest country with human population has developed its livestock sector efficiency manifolds in last … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, food
Tagged biofuel, development, food, livestock, manure, pollution, prosperity, sustainable, trade
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Want to green the world’s deserts? Do the unthinkable: Put livestock back on them — Allan Savory
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Watch this new provocative 22-minute TedTalk by Allan Savory on ‘How to green the world’s deserts and reverse climate change’. Alan Savory, a Zimbabwean-born biologist/ecologist and rangelands specialist, gives environmentalists pause in a recent TedTalk,…
Posted in agriculture, ecology
Tagged conservation, desert, desertification, dryland, ecosystem, livestock, manure, pastoral, vegetation
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Reeds
Reeds are powerful plants here in Britain. The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) promotes reed beds for sewage management. The Department for Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) names reedbeds as a Priority Habitat in its Biodiversity Action Plan. For … Continue reading
Posted in ecology
Tagged alien species, arthropod, beetle, biodiversity, bird, bug, coleopteran, conservation, dipteran, fly, hemipteran, insect, invasive species, lepidopteran, manure, moth, native species, passerine, reed, sewage, sustainable, vertebrate, waste, water, wildlife
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Where there’s muck there may be death
When farm livestock are indoors their muck accumulates indoors. It’s valuable but hazardous. Slurry is a smelly, semi-liquid mixture of muck and urine. If the floor’s hosed down, for example in a milking parlour, slurry is thinner because the muck … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, human health
Tagged accident, building, farm, farmer, manure, pollution, slurry, waste, water, waterway
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