Richard Boldan
@rboldan.bsky.social
A lifetime in agriculture. Now an agronomist, working from the ground up to help farmers implement sustainable practices.
Based in the East Yorkshire foothills. Usually soil adjacent.
Based in the East Yorkshire foothills. Usually soil adjacent.
2) 4 more photos from a year in agronomy
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
2) 4 more photos from a year in agronomy
4 random photos from the year in agronomy
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
4 random photos from the year in agronomy
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Fantastic panel discussion on 'Opportunities and Challenges of RegenAg approaches'
🌱 Resilience, complexity & the need for framework focused on practice not outcomes!
@kengiller.bsky.social @realfarmed.bsky.social @rboldan.bsky.social @charlotte-white.bsky.social @adasgroup.bsky.social
🌱 Resilience, complexity & the need for framework focused on practice not outcomes!
@kengiller.bsky.social @realfarmed.bsky.social @rboldan.bsky.social @charlotte-white.bsky.social @adasgroup.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Fantastic panel discussion on 'Opportunities and Challenges of RegenAg approaches'
🌱 Resilience, complexity & the need for framework focused on practice not outcomes!
@kengiller.bsky.social @realfarmed.bsky.social @rboldan.bsky.social @charlotte-white.bsky.social @adasgroup.bsky.social
🌱 Resilience, complexity & the need for framework focused on practice not outcomes!
@kengiller.bsky.social @realfarmed.bsky.social @rboldan.bsky.social @charlotte-white.bsky.social @adasgroup.bsky.social
Busy 3 days ahead at the #AAB_RegenAg conference in York
November 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Busy 3 days ahead at the #AAB_RegenAg conference in York
...and you can't expect vultures to be kind.
Shake your head.
🎵🎶🎵🎶🎹🥁
Shake your head.
🎵🎶🎵🎶🎹🥁
‘You can’t eat electricity’: how rural solar farms became the latest battlefront in Britain’s culture war
- Reform UK is exploiting opposition to solar panels – but most farmers are more worried about climate change.
Via @theconversation.com
theconversation.com/you-cant-eat...
- Reform UK is exploiting opposition to solar panels – but most farmers are more worried about climate change.
Via @theconversation.com
theconversation.com/you-cant-eat...
‘You can’t eat electricity’: how rural solar farms became the latest battlefront in Britain’s culture war
Reform UK is exploiting opposition to solar panels – but most farmers are more worried about climate change.
theconversation.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
...and you can't expect vultures to be kind.
Shake your head.
🎵🎶🎵🎶🎹🥁
Shake your head.
🎵🎶🎵🎶🎹🥁
Wheat drilled into a legume fallow. Continuous living roots for the past 13 months have made a real difference to the soil in this field.
October 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Wheat drilled into a legume fallow. Continuous living roots for the past 13 months have made a real difference to the soil in this field.
At least the wheat and spring crops aren't fully fit ye........
#StormFloris has been named
It is forecast to bring unseasonably strong winds to the UK on Monday along with heavy rain
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
It is forecast to bring unseasonably strong winds to the UK on Monday along with heavy rain
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
August 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
At least the wheat and spring crops aren't fully fit ye........
Reposted by Richard Boldan
August 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Reposted by Richard Boldan
The Orwellian myth at the heart of industrial agriculture?
That environmental destruction is actually conservation.
This must-read essay traces how productivism – the obsession with yield – fuels ecocide & colonialism, while failing to 'feed the world'.
📖 spectrejournal.com/the-enduring...
That environmental destruction is actually conservation.
This must-read essay traces how productivism – the obsession with yield – fuels ecocide & colonialism, while failing to 'feed the world'.
📖 spectrejournal.com/the-enduring...
The Enduring Fantasy of “Feeding the World” – Spectre Journal
Members of the Agroecology Research-Action Collective argue against the productivist logic underlying the "feed-the-world" approaches to feed security.
spectrejournal.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The Orwellian myth at the heart of industrial agriculture?
That environmental destruction is actually conservation.
This must-read essay traces how productivism – the obsession with yield – fuels ecocide & colonialism, while failing to 'feed the world'.
📖 spectrejournal.com/the-enduring...
That environmental destruction is actually conservation.
This must-read essay traces how productivism – the obsession with yield – fuels ecocide & colonialism, while failing to 'feed the world'.
📖 spectrejournal.com/the-enduring...
A few black bean aphids in these spring beans but the munch bunch are hard at work.
July 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
A few black bean aphids in these spring beans but the munch bunch are hard at work.
Leibig's fence
June 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Leibig's fence
First boiling from the garden. Very happy with these as the seed was some supermarket prepacked spuds that got lost at the back of the cupboard and had 3" sprouts.
June 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
First boiling from the garden. Very happy with these as the seed was some supermarket prepacked spuds that got lost at the back of the cupboard and had 3" sprouts.
Apropos of nothing. My favourite ever photo that I took. Photo bombed by poultry
June 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Apropos of nothing. My favourite ever photo that I took. Photo bombed by poultry
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Egypt boosted fertilizer exports to $3.4 billion after Russia's Ukraine invasion. Now Egypt's fertilizer plants themselves sit idle as Middle East conflict cuts gas supplies. The food system is only as stable as the most fragile link in the energy chain. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
June 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Egypt boosted fertilizer exports to $3.4 billion after Russia's Ukraine invasion. Now Egypt's fertilizer plants themselves sit idle as Middle East conflict cuts gas supplies. The food system is only as stable as the most fragile link in the energy chain. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Reposted by Richard Boldan
Seed, pesticide, agricultural machinery & animal pharmaceutical industries now meet the official definition of an oligopoly — finds @grain.org.
4 companies control over 40% of the market. Giving companies the power to fix prices & extract money from producers & consumers.
grain.org/e/7284
4 companies control over 40% of the market. Giving companies the power to fix prices & extract money from producers & consumers.
grain.org/e/7284
Top 10 agribusiness giants: corporate concentration in food & farming in 2025
New report by ETC Group & GRAIN reveals how extreme corporate concentration in agribusiness lets a handful of giant companies rig prices, capture governments, and erase alternatives—accelerating c...
grain.org
June 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Seed, pesticide, agricultural machinery & animal pharmaceutical industries now meet the official definition of an oligopoly — finds @grain.org.
4 companies control over 40% of the market. Giving companies the power to fix prices & extract money from producers & consumers.
grain.org/e/7284
4 companies control over 40% of the market. Giving companies the power to fix prices & extract money from producers & consumers.
grain.org/e/7284
I love the smell of flowering wheat in the morning
June 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I love the smell of flowering wheat in the morning
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When online tech support goes too far. . .
June 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
When online tech support goes too far. . .
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Also, asking homeowners for permission would kill the burglary industry.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Also, asking homeowners for permission would kill the burglary industry.
Bit of a novelty.
A hectare of meadowfoam
A hectare of meadowfoam
May 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Bit of a novelty.
A hectare of meadowfoam
A hectare of meadowfoam
Safe to say, you can cast a clout.
May blossom seems particularly spectacular this year.
I think the trend for bi-annual hedge cutting is reflected in the hedgerows now.
May blossom seems particularly spectacular this year.
I think the trend for bi-annual hedge cutting is reflected in the hedgerows now.
May 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Safe to say, you can cast a clout.
May blossom seems particularly spectacular this year.
I think the trend for bi-annual hedge cutting is reflected in the hedgerows now.
May blossom seems particularly spectacular this year.
I think the trend for bi-annual hedge cutting is reflected in the hedgerows now.
Reposted by Richard Boldan
Classic fascism. Pursuade people that something is a threat to them, without explaining precisely how. Then pretend you are the only ones willing or able to do something about it.
Repeat ad infinitum.
Repeat ad infinitum.
Donald Trump announces he is placing a 100% tariff on all films produced outside the U.S.
May 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Classic fascism. Pursuade people that something is a threat to them, without explaining precisely how. Then pretend you are the only ones willing or able to do something about it.
Repeat ad infinitum.
Repeat ad infinitum.
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Beware Giffen-ish vibes in the money markets
[FREE TO READ] Strange things happen when people are backed into a corner
on.ft.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Of potatoes, rollercoasters, and the dollar: on.ft.com/4iKE9rN
Posh Nutella.
Worth the premium.
Worth the premium.
May 4, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Posh Nutella.
Worth the premium.
Worth the premium.