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Its about values
- Hard
- Neat
- Simple
- Control
- Autonomy
- Soft
- Messy
- Complicated
- Co-operation
- Negotiation
I hate that word habitat Pete Ritchie Nourish Scotland Its about - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
I hate that word habitat Pete Ritchie Nourish Scotland Its about - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
I hate that word habitat Pete Ritchie Nourish Scotland Its about values Soft Hard Messy Neat Complicated Simple Co-operation Control Negotiation Autonomy (re)production The agricultural and
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(re)production
“The agricultural and poultry industries are primarily concerned with the production of basic foodstuffs on farms, but also include the supply of inputs for farming such as fertiliser, seeds, animal feeds and machinery.” SRUC agriculture landing page
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Welcome to farming
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Zero sum factory
- Fixed costs: land, buildings, bank; limited area
- Variable costs: inputs
- Strategy – maximise yield
In this mindset, EFAs or reducing inputs simply constraining production
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Two values
- Functional biodiversity: pollinators, predator
habitats, dung beetles, fluke control, water management
- Intrinsic biodiversity: rethinking what it is to
be a farmer – redefining the profession
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What has nature ever done for me?
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“I get to look after this amazing planet”
- “ Beetles perform a little dance (yes, a dance) atop their
dung balls, and during this dance, they're actually recording a mental snapshot of the current positions of the stars, the Moon, and the Sun.
- With the snapshot securely memorised, the beetle then
goes about its day.
- If it happens to get lost, it pulls up this mental image and
navigates back home. So basically the dung beetle can recall its exact position based on the location of the Moon, the Sun and stars, which is pretty incredible when you consider it's just a simple insect that doesn't even know what stars are “
- (nor did sailors for most of human history..)