I first spoke to Mark Byford on the 9th April, but thanks to my amazing ability to mess things up, it did not quite go according to plan. This was our second conversation with each other.
In this part Mark talks about vaccinations, home schooling and…
I first spoke to Mark Byford on the 9th April, but thanks to my amazing ability to mess things up, it did not quite go according to plan. This was our second conversation with each other.
In this part Mark talks about vaccinations, home schooling and history, and culling farm animals in the US.
Mark Byford, the Bowler Hat farmer, can be found on Youtube here:
https://www.youtube.com/@Thebowlerhatfarmer
"The Bowlerhat Farmer - CONNECTING YOU WITH REAL FOOD PRODUCERS in the UK and Ireland WE NEED THIS"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OQYmwZz6OA
"This rate of beef cow slaughter suggests that the beef cow herd decreased another 2.0-2.5 percent in 2023. This would result in a January 1, 2024 beef cow herd of about 28.2 million head, the smallest since 1961. The apparent beef cow culling rate for 2023 is about 12.1 percent."
https://www.farmprogress.com/cattle-news/looking-ahead-to-24-beef-cow-slaughter-and-herd-culling-
Links for the Green party man(!):
"15 May 2019
Sainsbury’s launches the Future of Food Report as part of its 150th Anniversary celebration"
https://www.about.sainsburys.co.uk/news/latest-news/2019/future-of-food-15052019
"Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development"
https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda
The Sustainable Directory:
https://sustainabledirectory.co.uk/
Big Barn local food map:
https://www.bigbarn.co.uk/local-food-map/
https://openfoodnetwork.net/
https://landworkersalliance.org.uk/
"The People’s Food and Farming Alliance champions food sovereignty and security, for The People, by The People."
https://the-pffa.org/
Well we know how this worked out for people...
"Fact check: Vaccines given to animals are metabolized before they are used for meat, milk"
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/02/15/fact-check-false-claim-mrna-vaccines-food-supply/11218991002/
On Permaculture:
https://www.permaculture.co.uk/what-is-permaculture/
https://naturespath.com/blogs/posts/what-is-permaculture
Seeds:
https://www.realseeds.co.uk/
https://www.sowseeds.co.uk/collections/heritage-seeds
Just in case you thought the 'you will eat the insects' was a conspiracy theory:
"Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/5 of 3 January 2023 authorising the placing on the market of Acheta domesticus (house cricket) partially defatted powder as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (Text with EEA relevance)"
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32023R0005
The UK government on geo-engineering:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5eb13050e90e0723bad30a11/geoengineering-position-statement.pdf
"Geoengineering, the large-scale manipulation of a specific process central to controlling Earth’s climate for the purpose of obtaining a specific benefit."
https://www.britannica.com/science/geoengineering
This video is also on Rumble at:
https://rumble.com/v4t1trb-talking-to-the-bowler-hat-farmer-30th-april-2024-part-5-on-history-what-is-.html
