#Farmers are famously #selfreliant. Why not use #farm #dams as mini-#hydroplants?
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-farmers-famously-self-reliant-farm-mini-hydro.html

The apex court had in April this year upheld the 2010 judgment of Orissa High Court which quashed the land acquisition proceedings initiated by the Odisha government to acquire about 6,000 acres for the proposed university
#Contempt #CourtCase #OdishaGovt #Land #VendantaVarsity #Farmers #PrashantBhushan
https://www.news18.com/india/will-file-contempt-of-court-case-against-odisha-govt-if-land-for-vendanta-varsity-not-returned-to-farmers-prashant-bhushan-8571418.html

#Seattle’s #Black #Farmers Collective nurtures communities and #crops
https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.9/agriculture-seattles-black-farmers-collective-nurtures-communities-and-crops

Techbros now own about about 50% of Eastern #Solano county and are suing #farmers who won't sell land to them for their new "planned city". #CaliforniaForever https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/solano-county-farm-ranchers-18343048.php

In late #summer, 1786 Western #Massachusetts #farmers began an armed #rebellion.
Learn more about #ShaysRebellion in this Madison Moment, Episode 4, by From Memory Films, courtesy of The Montpelier Foundation.
https://youtu.be/sY0Ad5sTsic?si=ou0aENmkf2IpzF8n

#history #OTD JamesMadison #sschat #histodons #HistoryTeacher #apgov #ushistory @academicchatter

#landscape #photoofthedays #farmers

Update. There's a strong #RightToRepair bill in #Michigan with grassroots support from #farmers.
https://michiganadvance.com/2023/08/23/michigan-farmers-urge-state-lawmakers-to-pass-right-to-repair-legislation/

On one hand, the continued uncertainty about #farm support payments ins a concern as #foodsecurity slowly works its way up the political agenda...

On the other, many #remainers will take some solace from a key group (and round here a very publicly active group) of #brexiters - #farmers - have found that the sunny uplands have failed to materialise (as they were warned they wouldn't).

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/25/farmers-england-unsure-plant-post-brexit-payments-delayed

#Farmers in #England unsure what to plant as post-Brexit payments delayed

This is the latest blow to the post-Brexit scheme. Last year, only 224 farmers in England received payments under SFI. Just a tiny fraction of the payments went to farmers in 2022. While subsidies were cut by an average of 22% for farmers last year, the money paid out through SFI equated to only 0.44% of the total funding plan for farmers, leaving them asking where the money is going.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/25/farmers-england-unsure-plant-post-brexit-payments-delayed

#brexit

French sheep farmers ask EU to adress rising bear attacks https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/french-sheep-farmers-ask-eu-to-adress-rising-bear-attacks/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #bears #farmers #France #habitatsdirective #killing

So.. Fiona Broom's #ABC Rural piece on farmers potentially shooting sheep due to their not being worth shipping to market, was not the full quid.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-08-24/farmers-shooting-sheep-rather-than-selling-them-at-low-prices/102766038

Per it's title, I do agree that #Farmers are likely to be in that quandary, and I have sympathy for that, definitely.

However she goes on to quote that a Butcher states buyers will be better off at butchers, on a per Kg basis, & quotes his mince price vs supermarkets .. to be 2$ better, saying buyers best shop around.

I could not agree more with the latter.

I live in #Canberra, smack dab in Sheep country, what that butcher asserts, might be true their, here it's a different story entirely. The "Urban" butcher here, being quite literally double the per Kg price for a #lamb leg. (ie the 'Meat' in question for the Titled article, no less)

Lamb Leg Roast per Kg as at 08/23:

Coles $12
Butcher $25
Aldi $11

Hope editorial standards get some love, post the #LNP's failed 'Hand picked Hacks' exit.

Take at a look at these empathetic, caring, and compassionate #Farmers from #Australia that love their animals so much and consider their welfare at the forefront of their minds, not the 💲💰💲 in front of their eyes. 🐑🐏

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-08-24/farmers-shooting-sheep-rather-than-selling-them-at-low-prices/102766038

If the sheep are going to get killed by getting shot in the head at a loss, rather than sent to the slaughterhouse (to get killed for a profit), why not just send them to a sanctuary for free and just let them live out their lives? What difference does it make since you won't be making money on them anyway?

I suppose the transport cost to the sanctuary would be a barrier. Among other issues I wouldn't be privy too.

I do know one thing though, and that is that those sheep are sentient. They feel pain, sadness, happiness. And they would have rather not been shot in the head or sent to a slaughterhouse. A shred of empathy, caring, and compassion will tell you that.

#Vegan #Vegans #Veganism #GoVegan #VeganForTheAnimals #AnimalRights #AnnoyingVegan

How Tamil cinema romanticises agriculture by ignoring issues of caste and gender

With the ‘save farmers’ trope coming back to mainstream discussion after the jallikattu protests in 2017, movies once again began connecting Tamil identity to agriculture. Any threat to agriculture was seen as a threat to Tamil identity itself. Akchayaa Rajkumar writes.

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/how-tamil-cinema-romanticises-agriculture-ignoring-issues-caste-and-gender-181386

#TamilNadu #kollywood #TamilCinema #caste #gender #casteism #RuralIndia #agriculture #farmers #labour #feudalism #jallikkattu #CasteDiscrimination #dalits #environmentalism #india

Everybody loves pollinators

#pollinators #agriculture #farmbill #farming #farmers #agrivoltaics #renewableenergy #agrivoltaico #solarpower #solarenergy #solar #energy #biodiversity #usa #energytransition #agtech

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/08/19/agrivoltaics-is-making-friends-across-partisan-lines-thanks-to-farmers/

Everybody loves pollinators

#pollinators #agriculture #farmbill #farming #farmers #agrivoltaics #renewableenergy #agrivoltaico #solarpower #solarenergy #solar #energy #biodiversity #usa #energytransition #agtech

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/08/19/agrivoltaics-is-making-friends-across-partisan-lines-thanks-to-farmers/

Check out this photograph / digital artwork that would look great framed and hanging on your wall in your home or office or produced on a variety of products.

An original display used to welcome people to a Farmers Market in Prague in the Czech Republic.

https://pixels.com/featured/farmers-produce-john-hughes.html

#BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #CzechRepublic #Prague #market #farm #farmers #fruit #vegetables

I realize most folks are hurtin and there’s tradgedy everywhere. Still need to share this. Local #Humboldt farmer friends that I’ve known and worked with for over a decade; one of their main employees and personal friend lost his son in a tragic car accident. These humble, kind, salt of the earth people. Unspeakable loss. Share or help if you can

https://gofund.me/2e8b69bf
#love #cannabis #farmers #parents 🥀

Like all of us, British #farmers are having to contend with erratic #weather.... however, while for us its mainly an inconvenience that may be having some annoying effects in the garden, for farmers the early drought/heat & latter flood of rain is causing all sorts of problems that will likely disrupt our normal food supplies later this year....

Of course the #climatechange deniers will be saying the weather is always erratic, but this looks more like the #climatecrisis in a nutshell to me.

What the Rice Export Ban by India Has Achieved

The ban on rice exports has disrupted global markets, threatening food security in the poor countries of Africa and South Asia. It is unlikely that either Indian consumers or farmers will benefit from the move.

#RiceExportBan #rice #NonBasmatiRice #FoodSecurity #export #trade #FCI #farmers #agriculture #india

https://thewire.in/government/what-the-rice-export-ban-by-india-has-achieved

This Network of Regenerative #Farmers Is Rethinking #Chicken
https://civileats.com/2023/08/16/this-network-of-regenerative-farmers-is-rethinking-chicken/