Emmeline and I share something special; the passion for flowers. I met her in 2006 at MCAST, when she was a studying agriculture. We had since lost touch but she recently posted a few photos on the popular community page "Dilettanti tal-Agrikoltura, Siġar u Pjanti". It was this particular photo (below), featuring some amazing flower … Continue reading A growing passion for flowers
Europe, together with the rest of the world, is still digesting what happened during this weekend. It's been dubbed as the "most important EU vote" to date, and with good reason - the changes that we're all witnessing are undoubtedly both wide-ranging and of an abiding impact. There are many people out there who dissociate … Continue reading Red, Blue, Green and the farmer in between
Green Week 2019 |Jeanette Borg
Journal: 84th International Green Week | Berlin On Saturday (19.1.19) afternoon, farmers, representatives and consumers got together for an organised and peaceful protest against industrialised agriculture. Such protests have taken place yearly since 2011, happen in parallel with the Berlin International Green Week and attract up to 30,000 people. The name of the protest, "We've had … Continue reading Day #4 | “We’ve had enough!”
Journal: 84th International Green Week | Berlin Today the skies were blue and the sun was out all day in Berlin! In the morning I had the unique opportunity of visiting an urban aquaponics farm right in the city centre. This farm was founded by Christian and Nicholas, two young entrepreneurs who thought of starting to … Continue reading Day #3 | City Aquaponics
Journal: 84th International Green Week | Berlin
My first day in Berlin ends here! This city will be in the spotlight over the coming days. Thousands of visitors are expected to visit Berlin and the 84th International Green Week. The German Embassy in Malta has kindly nominated and invited me to attend this major event on behalf of the Federal Office in … Continue reading Day #1 | Formal meetings in Berlin
Here are my reactions to today's article about pesticide exposure on ToM: 13 treated for overexposure to pesticides in 5 years 1. Cases of exposure do not specify whether origin of exposure happened on a farm (farmers are the first users of pesticides during application, or a citizen who felt ill after exposure to … Continue reading Reactions to “overexposure of pesticides” article on ToM
Għadni kemm qrajt artiklu fuq il-famus festin tal-iskejjel li nfaħna daqs bużżieqa! Mingħajr ma noqgħodu ndaħħlu politika partiġjana anka fil-kwistjoni tal-ikel li nagħtu t-tfal, naħseb wasal iż-żmien li nibdew nieħdu l-ikel bis-serjeta ġo dal-pajjiż għax waqajna fil-baxx. Sirna naċċettaw dak li għandu jitqies bħala imbarazz...l-inglizi jgħidu "not fit for consumption". Għaliex le, għandna nħabblu naqra … Continue reading Żaqqna ma’ għandiex tkun skip!
A busy day, full of mixed feelings. In the morning I had the opportunity to represent Maltese Young Farmers at the conference organised by the President's Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society. I appealed to those present to support local farmers by choosing local produce whenever possible, and to trust local growers and producers. Farmers … Continue reading Thoughts of the day
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