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marianne landzettel

@m_landzettel

Journalist writing about food & farming in the UK, the US and Germany. Author of: Farming with Benefits. Profitable Farms. Healthy Food. Greener Planet

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Seriously? This is a first floor window! My thoughts are with all #vegetable #growers. How do you deal with the legions of #slugs and #snails? Do #chicken and #ducks deal with the housed ones too?

Seriously? This is a first floor window! My thoughts are with all #vegetable #growers. How do you deal with the legions of #slugs and #snails? Do #chicken and #ducks deal with the housed ones too?
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Fascinating: the Guardian finds ecological value in ruminants! Of course just wild, not domesticated herbivores. “Herd of 170 bison could help store CO2 equivalent of almost 2m cars, researchers say” | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/ar…

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To understand why ruminants are key to mitigating climate change we need to look at the biology of grasses, which is distinctly different from that of other plants and trees. Over millennia, grasslands coevolved with ruminants @SlowFoodUK marianne landzettel slowfood.org.uk/2024/06/11/gra…

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Journalist marianne landzettel breaks down what you need to know from the UNCCD’s Report on Rangelands and Pastoralists in our latest article. Read more ⬇️ slowfood.org.uk/2024/06/11/gra…

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In our Saturday read, marianne landzettel offers an in-depth review of Jeff Poppen's Barefoot Biodynamics. This practical guide to biodynamic principles explores Poppen's interpretations of Rudolf Steiner’s lectures. slowfood.org.uk/2024/07/19/on-…

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Most dairy calves are separated from their mums early, but some farms are letting them stay together - and it’s making a big difference. Read all about it in our latest blog post by marianne landzettel : slowfood.org.uk/2024/08/21/ret…

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Thank you Sustainable Food Trust for all your support with my book The Sustainable Meat Challenge: How to graze cattle slaughter humanely and stay profitable. You can read an excerpt here: tinyurl.com/4243n5tu

Thank you <a href="/SusFoodTrust/">Sustainable Food Trust</a>  for all your support with my book The Sustainable Meat Challenge: How to graze cattle slaughter humanely and stay profitable. You can read an excerpt here: tinyurl.com/4243n5tu
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📖 Marianne Landzettel's latest book, #TheSustainableMeatChallenge, presents her extensive research on livestock slaughter around the world, with an emphasis on humane handling and slaughter and its importance in animal welfare. 🔗 Read an extract here: sustainablefoodtrust.org/news-views/the…

📖 Marianne Landzettel's latest book, #TheSustainableMeatChallenge, presents her extensive research on livestock slaughter around the world, with an emphasis on humane handling and slaughter and its importance in animal welfare. 

🔗 Read an extract here: sustainablefoodtrust.org/news-views/the…
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Egg prices soared after bird flu, but federal price controls kept milk prices steady — at farmers' expense investigatemidwest.org/2025/02/19/egg… via InvestigateMidwest

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A yellow dot on a chestnut flower indicates to bees that nectar is available. Red means the nectar is gone. Bees can't perceive red but as the colour on the flower changes from yellow to red they will notice: nectar running out. Who knew? I sure didn't.

A  yellow dot on a chestnut flower indicates to bees that nectar is  available. Red means the nectar is gone. Bees can't perceive red but as  the colour on the flower changes from yellow to red they will notice:  nectar running out. Who knew? I sure didn't.
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This is horrific! Farmers who do their best to produce healthy, organic food by farming with nature and without pesticides get hit by herbicides harmful to every living thing including soil. The Bayer-Monsanto attempt to get 'shield laws' approved is outrageous

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Industrial ag on one side, nature on the other.... Thank you Helena Horton for reporting Steve Reed's extraordinary remarks at #Groundswell! For more: tinyurl.com/sd2fapr5