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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Crofter on February 14, 2009, 11:48:52 am

Title: A Farm for the Future.
Post by: Crofter on February 14, 2009, 11:48:52 am: As part of the Natural World series, BBC2 are showing a programme called A Farm for the Future on Friday 20th February. The programme apparently touches on the subjects of Peak Oil and Permaculture as it follows the progress of a farming move away from oil based, chemical agriculture.
Cotributors include:- Patrick Whitefield, Dr Colin Campbell, Richard Heinberg, Rosie Boycott, Peter Melchett, Patrick Holden, Monty Don, Tim Lang and Jeremy Leggett.
The programme will be repeated on Sunday 22nd.
It will be interesting to see what people think of it after it has been shown too.

Dave
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Post by: Hilarysmum on February 14, 2009, 01:57:45 pm: OK everyone write to the BBC now and demand they allow us expats (well me at least) access via the computer so I can watch these programmes.
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Post by: Rosemary on February 14, 2009, 02:06:54 pm: Hi, I saw this in RT this week. With the end of the "Victorian Farm", I will have a gap in my watch list so will e picking up on this. THere's also a programme on about the Amish communities in America. Might be quite interesting if it looks at their lifestyle and farming methods.
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Post by: Crofter on February 14, 2009, 05:24:57 pm: When is the Amish programme on Rosemary?
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Post by: kaz on February 14, 2009, 07:08:16 pm: Now that should really give us an insight into how it used to be done. :)
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Post by: Rosemary on February 14, 2009, 08:41:05 pm: Wednesday 9pm, BBC2
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Post by: piggy on February 14, 2009, 11:07:48 pm: If you go on the internet and type in bbc i player you can watch programs from any bbc channel from the last seven days.
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Post by: Hilarysmum on February 15, 2009, 11:25:03 am: Hi Piggy lovely thought, I could if I lived in UK, because we live in France they wont let us. Frustrating.
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Post by: Fluffywelshsheep on February 15, 2009, 05:25:03 pm: could you get an ip changer ? and protend you live in the uk (try googling them and you might get a free one, you might also get dodge site so be warned)
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Post by: sellickbhoy on February 16, 2009, 09:44:13 am: the amish one will be interesting - they are all for GM crops - which would appear to be a modern invention!!!