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Climate Change and Early Agriculture

Climate-Change Study Cites Role of Ancient Farming

This is an interesting article by David A. Fahrenthold in the Washington Post (Monday, September 28, 2009) looking at the work of William Ruddiman, whose “early anthropocene” idea puts human induced climate change back thousands of years. Note- this does NOT mean that emissions today are unimportant- “Ruddiman [...]

A Farmer’s Search for a Theology of the Land

Andrew Jones’  Tall Skinny Kiwi Blog has much on CMS, agriculture and food. Most recently (Sept. 18th 2009) there is an article on “A Farmer’s Search for a Theology of the Land” Worth keeping an eye on this!

2009 Agricultural Christian Fellowship Conference

Farming Dilemmas – Continuity and Succession

The annual ACF conference this year will be at Stoneleigh on 19th November 2009. See programme

Details: No farmer lasts forever, half a century at most.  However, land lasts for aeons and there is a remarkable degree of continuity in farming families.  Transition that engages real people at deep levels [...]