Talking to the Bowler Hat Farmer - 30th April 2024: Part 1 - Stop using supermarkets...

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 speaks about the weather, crop failures and what people need to do as soon as possible to get through the next year.

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

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/

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

"GEOENGINEERING IS CONVENTIONALLY SPLIT INTO TWO BROAD CATEGORIES:
THE FIRST IS CARBON GEOENGINEERING, OFTEN ALSO CALLED CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL (CDR). THE OTHER IS SOLAR GEOENGINEERING, OFTEN ALSO CALLED SOLAR RADIATION MANAGEMENT (SRM), ALBEDO MODIFICATION, OR SUNLIGHT REFLECTION. THERE ARE LARGE DIFFERENCES."
https://geoengineering.environment.harvard.edu/

"The move led by researchers at the University of Washington has renewed questions about how to effectively and ethically study promising climate technologies that could also harm communities and ecosystems in unexpected ways. The experiment is spraying microscopic salt particles into the air, and the secrecy surrounding its timing caught even some experts off guard."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/geoengineering-test-quietly-launches-salt-crystals-into-atmosphere/

The BBC ahead of the curve as usual...
"Tennessee lawmakers have passed a bill banning the release of airborne chemicals that critics say is inspired by "chemtrails" conspiracy theories."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68716894