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FARRE Members’ Newsletter

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The FARRE Newsletter no 134 is available. In this issue, there are two links to articles which were published in ‘La France Agricole” this week:

Mr Jean-Claude Galland (Farre farmer in France) reports about the pros and cons of giving his image to communicate (in French). Read more…

A portrait of Benoît and Claire Francart (FARRE farmers in Eastern France) entitled “Poultry and rabbit : from production to commercialisation“ (in French). Read more…

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The pollinating community

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Bumblebees live in colonies which only last one year.
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It is not unusual that species which indeed belong to the families of flies or even butterflies actually are considered bees. Only experts can distinguish a hoverfly or a clearwing moth for example from a bee without fail. Some identifying features of the bee help against the likelihood of confusion. At any case, these interesting insects deserve a closer look. Read more…

Potential for enhancing biodiversity

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Integrated Farming Topic Sheet no 1 / 2013

When enhancing biodiversity is on the agenda, agriculture is requested on a regular basis to take productive land out of production – and devote this area to biodiversity. There are, however, considerable areas which are neither used for agriculture, nor for industry, nor for settlements. These areas are “Eh da” – “land in hand” – and could be dedicated to maintaining and enhancing biodiversity. Not only with regard to the efficiency of resource use, this is a very promising approach. Read more…