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Huge range of equipment.</p> <p><a href="http://www.agralan.co.uk/">Agralan</a> (mail order). Fleece/mesh.</p> <p>Plant Nursery <a href="https://www.organicplants.co.uk/">Delfland </a></p> <p><strong>Eco Issues</strong></p> <p>See the <a href="http://www.endofsuburbia.com/">End of Suburbia</a> (DVD) for some scary realism about <strong>oil</strong> (we're running out of it fast).</p> <p>A positive documentary about a post oil future: <a href="https://shop.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/departments/films/306/dvd:-doc:-power-of-community,-the-:-how-cuba-survived-peak-oil">https://shop.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/departments/films/306/dvd:-doc:-power-of-community,-the-:-how-cuba-survived-peak-oil </a>(DVD)</p> <p><a href="http://www.sustainweb.org/">Sustain - the Alliance for Better Food and Farming</a> - website/reports/campaigns. 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Huge range of equipment.</p> <p><a href="http://www.agralan.co.uk/">Agralan</a> (mail order). Fleece/mesh.<br /> <br /> Plant Nursery <a href="https://www.organicplants.co.uk/">Delfland </a></p> <p><strong>Eco Issues</strong></p> <p>See the <a href="http://www.endofsuburbia.com/">End of Suburbia</a> (DVD) for some scary realism about <strong>oil</strong> (we're running out of it fast).</p> <p>A positive documentary about a post oil future: <a href="https://shop.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/departments/films/306/dvd:-doc:-power-of-community,-the-:-how-cuba-survived-peak-oil">https://shop.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/departments/films/306/dvd:-doc:-power-of-community,-the-:-how-cuba-survived-peak-oil </a>(DVD)</p> <p><a href="http://www.sustainweb.org/">Sustain - the Alliance for Better Food and Farming</a> - website/reports/campaigns. 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Huge range of equipment.</p> <p><a href="http://www.agralan.co.uk/">Agralan</a> (mail order). Fleece/mesh.</p> <p>Plant Nursery <a href="https://www.organicplants.co.uk/">Delfland </a></p> <p><strong>Eco Issues</strong></p> <p>See the <a href="http://www.endofsuburbia.com/">End of Suburbia</a> (DVD) for some scary realism about <strong>oil</strong> (we're running out of it fast).</p> <p>A positive documentary about a post oil future: <a href="https://shop.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/departments/films/306/dvd:-doc:-power-of-community,-the-:-how-cuba-survived-peak-oil">https://shop.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/departments/films/306/dvd:-doc:-power-of-community,-the-:-how-cuba-survived-peak-oil </a>(DVD)</p> <p><a href="http://www.sustainweb.org/">Sustain - the Alliance for Better Food and Farming</a> - website/reports/campaigns. 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Huge range of equipment.</p> <p><a href="http://www.agralan.co.uk/">Agralan</a> (mail order). Fleece/mesh.</p> <p>Plant Nursery <a href="https://www.organicplants.co.uk/">Delfland </a></p> <p><strong>Eco Issues</strong></p> <p>See the <a href="http://www.endofsuburbia.com/">End of Suburbia</a> (DVD) for some scary realism about <strong>oil</strong> (we're running out of it fast).</p> <p>A positive documentary about a post oil future: <a href="https://shop.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/departments/films/306/dvd:-doc:-power-of-community,-the-:-how-cuba-survived-peak-oil">https://shop.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/departments/films/306/dvd:-doc:-power-of-community,-the-:-how-cuba-survived-peak-oil </a>(DVD)</p> <p><a href="http://www.sustainweb.org/">Sustain - the Alliance for Better Food and Farming</a> - website/reports/campaigns. 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