My project proposal to plant woodland at Monea has been approved by the Northern Ireland authorities! The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) operates a grant scheme for tree planting. I submitted a proposal to plant trees on around two-thirds of my farm at Monea, Co. Fermanagh through a consultant, Crookedstone Conservation, in… Continue reading Woodland project approved!
Author: Malcolm.dickson
UK prawn farming project
I’ve been helping a startup prawn farming project get off the ground in UK. The main project promoters are British Bangladeshi chefs based in Cheltenham. We have been working on this project for some time now and have identified a site in Cumbernauld, Central Scotland, with an anaerobic digester for heat and power as well… Continue reading UK prawn farming project
Scaling up aquaculture
Many of us have repeated the statement that aquaculture is the fastest growing agricultural production sector yet many aquaculture enterprises fail to scale. I’ve been fortunate to work across many different types of aquaculture systems and carried out feasibility studies on a wide range of proposals. One very interesting comparison is Egypt, where tilapia aquaculture… Continue reading Scaling up aquaculture
The madness of Brexit
I had a post on my Linkedin newsfeed this morning – shared by Nicki Holmyard – from Caroline Verwijs in the Netherlands, ‘another episode in the Brexit saga’. It’s about how European companies want our shellfish and UK companies want to export shellfish but the trade is falling apart because of phytosanitary measures that UK… Continue reading The madness of Brexit
Protein from Pasture
I first became interested in grass bio refining after seeing a presentation by the Biorefinery Glas project in Ireland (https://biorefineryglas.eu) where they are processing grass by mechanically separating fibre and high-protein liquid components using the Dutch Grassa technology. The presentation was part of a Scottish circular economy webinar. The idea appeals to me because aquaculture… Continue reading Protein from Pasture