The Land Issue 33

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OPINION
 
Fifteen Minutes of Fame
 
Frankenstein’s Warning
 
We Are Not Alone
 
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NEWS
Trespassers See Off Center Parcs; Cut Trees, Cut Carbon?; Paleo Diet Breakthrough; Skinny Dream Drug; Flying Pig Airways; Blue Sky Thinking.
 
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How The Land came to face eviction.
Simon Fairlie tells the story.
 
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ECOMODERNISM, FOOD AND ENERGY
 
Precision and Prohibition
George Monbiot accuses The Land of bucolic romanticism. Mike Hannis and Simon Fairlie respond.
 
Seven Fantasies of Manufactured Food.
Chris Smaje lists them.
 
Gene Edited Food - Coming Soon?
Pat Thomas finds out.
 
Can Nuclear Energy be Ecomodernised?
Not all European Greens are convinced.
 
Nuclear for Africa?
The track record is hardly inspiring.
 
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FARMLAND AND CONSERVATION
 
Whose Net Gain?
New biodiversity offsetting finance is replacing UK farm subsidies. Daniel Fox investigates.
 
A Very British Agroecology.
Andrew Stewart on how a good idea was co-opted.
 
Fallow Travellers.
Does England really have too many deer? Holly Marriott Webb is not convinced.
 
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INTERNATIONAL
 
A Cereal Problem.
Maria Almeida traces the arable history of southern Portugal up to the eve of 1974’s Revolution.
 
Comrades in Farms.
SM Parsons continues the story of the Alentejo and the land occupations of the mid 1970s.
 
Caged Nomads.
Aitolkyn Ashimova and Berik Ashimov lament the loss of land for herders in Kazakhstan.
 
The Drowning Land.
Garry Lotolung watches as parts of Indonesia disappear under the waves.
 
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Towards Land Justice.
Bonnie VandeSteeg has a campaign update.
 
Building Together.
Tom Chance enjoys a new book on the history of co-operative housebuilding.
 
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ONE PLANET DEVELOPMENT IN WALES - AND CORNWALL
 
One Planet Development.
Brett Sanders summarises his recent research on Wales’s landmark policy.
 
The Answer is OPD. Now What Was the Question?
One Planet Council’s Pete Linnell gives a personal view.
 
First OPD in Cornwall.
Simon Ruston celebrates.
 
Permanent At Last.
Alex Toogood reflects on Tinkers Bubble’s long journey to full planning permission.
 

Hay cart in the farmyard