Not so fishy!
A small article caught my eye in the news early this week – “Fish oil IV drip boost to intensive care”. It mentioned that hospital trials involving adding fish oil to the intravenous nutrition of patients suffering from systemic inflammatory…
Provenance should take precedence…
I haven’t mentioned this before, but my step-daughter was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. She has gone through surgery and has almost completed her chemo plan, to be followed by radiation therapy. At the tender age of 37, with…
Happy, Healthy & Wintery Holidays to one and all…
I’m back in the UK, up in North Yorkshire for Christmas and New Year. It’s been snowing here, on & off for about a week and it looks beautiful. Mind you, it does cause havoc on the roads and a…
Climategate & Other Earth Shattering News!
It’s been an exciting few weeks in the world of climate change – both for the science and the politics. We’ve had the thrill and intrigue of Climategate with sensitive information leaked from the Climate Research Unit (CRU), followed by…
Real Reminder
I got a good reminder yesterday – not everything is what it seems! I saw some new hand-soap which called itself ‘organic’ with a very eco-friendly name. As I looked on the back label for a company website to see where to buy…
Death of a Seeds-man
Quite bizarrely, my last blog (Just Blown Away) about soil erosion and declining soil quality due to modern conventional farming methods was published on exactly the same day that Norman Borlaug died. And who is Norman Borlaug? I hear you…