Richard Boldan

Richard Boldan

@rboldan.bsky.social

A lifetime in agriculture. Now an agronomist, working from the ground up to help farmers implement sustainable practices. Based in the East Yorkshire foothills. Usually soil adjacent.

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Richard Boldan
@rboldan.bsky.social

This is absolutely worth reading, even if international trade is not your thing.

👻 Dead Chachra 💀@debcha.bsky.social

This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...

ifloz.substack.comKING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKSCarney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler
Richard Boldan
@rboldan.bsky.social

What could possibly go wrong?

Farming Future Food@farmingfuturefood.bsky.social

Between 5 & 20% of eggs placed in #poultry hatcheries prove infertile and are discarded. Could they feed broiler chickens? Evidence suggests it's an option to reduce reliance on soybeans - but strict safety protocols would be needed. farmingfuturefood.com/infertile-ha... #sustainability #food

farmingfuturefood.comInfertile hatchery eggs show potential as broiler feed ingredient - Farming Future FoodInfertile egg meal could provide a sustainable, protein-rich broiler feed ingredient, cutting hatchery waste and reducing reliance on soybean meal.

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The Guardian
@theguardian.com

Cattle in England to get tuberculosis vaccine from 2030 as badger cull to end

theguardian.comCattle in England to get tuberculosis vaccine from 2030 as badger cull to endTargeted vaccination and improved testing planned as part of drive to eradicate disease by 2038 Cattle will be vaccinated against tuberculosis from 2030 as a “gamechanging” part of a new strategy to drive eradication of the disease in England by 2038. In parallel, the last badger culls are expected to end by 2029, with vaccination of badgers expanded. More than 20,000 infected cattle are slaughtered each year, costing taxpayers £100m and inflicting a heavy toll on affected farmers’ livelihoods and mental health. Mass culling of badgers began in 2013 and has killed about 250,000 animals, at a cost of about £60m. Continue reading...
Richard Boldan
@rboldan.bsky.social

In other news: your face reveals to others how you are feeling.

The Guardian@theguardian.com

How you walk reveals to others how you are feeling, researchers say

theguardian.comHow you walk reveals to others how you are feeling, researchers sayStudy highlights the movements in people’s gait that give away most about their emotional state A long face is not the only sign that someone is down in the dumps. How people walk is revealing too, particularly the swing of the arms and legs, researchers say. Scientists asked volunteers to guess people’s emotions from video clips of them walking and found that bigger swings portrayed more aggression while smaller swings implied fear and sadness. Continue reading...

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Rupert Read
@rupertread.bsky.social

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share: “Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.” (link below)

Richard Boldan
@rboldan.bsky.social

Nadlöb. An elongated, galvanised steel effect, planter with loop handles at each end.

Nathan Nelson@nathannelson.co.uk

Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut I'm Nöslen, a very useful all purpose speed peeler and bottle opener, found in the marketplace and why wouldn't you get one at that price.

Richard Boldan
@rboldan.bsky.social

...and you can't expect vultures to be kind. Shake your head. 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎹🥁

Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social

‘You can’t eat electricity’: how rural solar farms became the latest battlefront in Britain’s culture war - Reform UK is exploiting opposition to solar panels – but most farmers are more worried about climate change. Via @theconversation.com theconversation.com/you-cant-eat...

theconversation.com‘You can’t eat electricity’: how rural solar farms became the latest battlefront in Britain’s culture warReform UK is exploiting opposition to solar panels – but most farmers are more worried about climate change.

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IPES-Food
@ipes-food.org

The Orwellian myth at the heart of industrial agriculture? That environmental destruction is actually conservation. This must-read essay traces how productivism – the obsession with yield – fuels ecocide & colonialism, while failing to 'feed the world'. 📖 spectrejournal.com/the-enduring...

spectrejournal.comThe Enduring Fantasy of “Feeding the World” – Spectre JournalMembers of the Agroecology Research-Action Collective argue against the productivist logic underlying the "feed-the-world" approaches to feed security.

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Raj Patel
@rajpatel.org

Egypt boosted fertilizer exports to $3.4 billion after Russia's Ukraine invasion. Now Egypt's fertilizer plants themselves sit idle as Middle East conflict cuts gas supplies. The food system is only as stable as the most fragile link in the energy chain. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

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IPES-Food
@ipes-food.org

Seed, pesticide, agricultural machinery & animal pharmaceutical industries now meet the official definition of an oligopoly — finds @grain.org. 4 companies control over 40% of the market. Giving companies the power to fix prices & extract money from producers & consumers. grain.org/e/7284

grain.orgTop 10 agribusiness giants: corporate concentration in food & farming in 2025New report by ETC Group & GRAIN reveals how extreme corporate concentration in agribusiness lets a handful of giant companies rig prices, capture governments, and erase alternatives—accelerating c...