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RSPB Telegraph Nature of Farming Award

02 February 2012

The annual RSPB Telegraph Nature of Farming Award celebrates the fantastic work farmers are doing for wildlife - with a top prize of £1,000 for the very best! You can enter now for the 2012 competition. Download the form at www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/f...

South Scotland Woodfuel Forum, Tuesday 28 February

02 February 2012

Forestry Commission Scotland and the Scottish Forest and Timber Technologies Group invite you to the inaugural meeting of a new South Scotland Woodfuel Forum on Tuesday 28 February 14:00 - 17:00 (lunch available from 13:00) Queens Hotel, Lockerbie, ...

Scotland's Future Farmer Award 2012 launches

02 February 2012

Entries are being sought for Scotland’s Future Farmer Award 2012 with £4,000 on offer to reward the winner’s outstanding contribution to the farming industry. An initiative funded by the Elizabeth Murray Trust and supported by NFU Scotland ( www.nfu...

NOPE Awards deadline reminder

30 January 2012

Just a brief reminder that the deadline for all Organic beauty categories is at the end of this week. This year's awards presentation will take place on Sunday 1 April at the multi-award winning venue, The Novotel London West.

Applications for the 2012 Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards are now open

26 January 2012

Enter the 'Oscars' of the Scottish food and drink industry. The awards, run jointly by Scotland Food & Drink and the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, have been recognising and rewarding the very best in Scottish food and drink fo...

Orbeseal shortage - what to do

24 January 2012

It has been reported in the farming press that Orbeseal manufactured by Pfizer is in short supply this spring due to a batch failure of the product last December. For the story please see this article on the Farmers Weekly website - http://www.fwi.c...

Soil Association Organic Apprenticeship Scheme vacancy at Abbey Home Farm

23 January 2012

The Soil Association Organic Apprenticeship Scheme has an exciting vacancy with Abbey Home Farm for a new apprentice to start in March/early April. Applicants need to have practical experience working or volunteering on a commercial farm for at leas...

Natural and Organic Products industry awards

16 January 2012

The Soil Association is now accepting nominations for the annual Natural and Organic Products Europe 2012 (NOPE) Awards. The NOPE Awards - hosted in partnership with the Soil Association - have become the benchmark for excellence and set the highest...

Heightened UK Surveillance Following Detection of New Ruminant Schmallenberg Virus in Mainland Europe

09 January 2012

SAC has asked vets and farmers in Scotland to step up surveillance following the detection in mainland Europe of a new virus causing foetal malformations in cattle, sheep and goats.

Farming & Freshwater - diffuse pollution and SRDP

05 January 2012

Meeting & Farm Site Visit: Spynie Hall, near Elgin, 10.15 am Wednesday 25th January 2012 You are invited along to a meeting and farm site visit, including free soup & sandwich lunch, at Spynie Hall near Elgin on Wed 25th Jan 2012. The workshop is pa...
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The Hens are gone, compost and marmalade...

Emma Heseltine: Whilst I was away there was a tragedy. A sneaky four legged fiend got into the hen house. It was a massacre, we had 24 hens and now there are only 10. I’m kind of glad I didn’t see the carnage, it must have been horrible.

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Cat Laidlaw

Cat is an organic apprentice in Oxfordshire. Following a career in sustainable transport, she has made the switch from bicycles to plant cycles. Cat Laidlaw

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After discovering the outdoor life on an organic vineyard in Italy, and a one year gardening course, Ben has worked in horticulture for 16 years. Ben Raskin

Emma Heseltine

Emma is an organic apprentice with Hadrian Organics in Cumbria. So far it is living up to her expectations and every day is a new challenge. Emma Heseltine
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