Local Agriculture

Stewards of the land

Caruana, 51, is the Hastings Stewardship Council's new co-ordinator.He said the council helps residents make a difference in tangible ways.

“It's just practical environmentalism,” he said.“There's lots of stuff you can't do about the bigger picture.“This is hands-on. This is what we can do right now in our own local environments to be stewards of it. And there's a lot we can do.”

Declining Bee Populations Pose A Threat to Global Agriculture

The danger that the decline of bees and other pollinators represents to the world’s food supply was highlighted this week when the European Commission decided to ban a class of pesticides suspected of playing a role in so-called “colony collapse disorder.”

Beekeeping - rural Greece does it best

According to Greek mythology, the god of love Eros dipped his arrows into honey before shooting them. And while other countries are struggling with high bee mortality, that's one global crisis that has yet to touch Greece, where the golden nectar still flows abundantly, free of pesticides and genetic modification.

The rosemary season has ended, but sage is in full bloom.

In the fragrant hills of the Peloponnese in southern Greece, after a few sharp turns along a path, Nikos Reppas' old car arrives at bee heaven: a field full of violet hyacinths, close to the prehistoric ruins of Mycenae