27 March 2012
Soil Association Scotland’s successful Climate Change Programme closed at the end of September. |
05 August 2011
An afternoon seminar session will be held in Yatesbury, Wiltshire on Friday 23 September, looking into low carbon farming practices in relation to arable production. Expert speakers will talk about the importance of soil management to reduce nitrous... |
28 July 2011
The Soil Association welcomes this week’s announcement by Alun Davies, Wales Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and European programmes, that post 2013/4 there will be a specific organic maintenance fund within Glastir and that the det... |
28 July 2011
The winners of the 2011 Organic Food Awards were announced at the Start Festival, Clarence House, on Wednesday 27 July, part of the national ‘Start’ initiative, established by The Prince's Charities Foundation to promote and celebrate sustainable li... |
18 July 2011
To celebrate Organic September and inspire people to cook with seasonal organic ingredients the Soil Association has collected a mouth-watering array of recipes from renowned chefs and food writers including Allegra McEvedy , Darina Allen , Hugh Fea... |
18 July 2011
The website pages for the new Low Carbon Farming project are now live. The pages contain a number of information sheets about climate change and low carbon farming as well as details about the project and our upcoming activities and events. The webs... |
08 July 2011
Organic farming and food has a massive role to play in Scotland’s economy with annual Scottish organic sales now in excess of £55 million. At a time when sales recovery is well underway and demand for organic produce in the UK and EU showing excelle... |
24 June 2011
A new £200,000 three year project to improve sustainability and profitability in Scottish agriculture was launched at the Royal Highland Show today [Friday 24 June] by Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment. |
20 June 2011
Children in 29 schools across the borough of Richmond will benefit from fresh and healthy school dinners thanks to a new catering contract, which will also see the price of meals reduced by up to 40 pence each. |
13 June 2011
The Low Carbon Farming project is working to establish a benchmarking facility to aid farmers and growers in monitoring and reducing on-farm emissions. |
13 June 2011
FREE short film screening and debate, open to the public 23 June 2011, 7-9pm Burton on Trent Town Hall, DE14 2EB |
09 June 2011
Helen Browning addressed the Women's Institute AGM on 8 June as they debated the motion: 'This meeting abhors the practice of factory farming particularly large animals such as pigs and cows, and urges HM government to ensure planning permission is ... |
08 June 2011
Nottingham Trent University, one of just seven universities nationwide to score points for working towards the Soil Association's Food for Life Catering Mark, takes the top spot this year in The People & Planet Green League 2011 released today 8 Ju... |
06 June 2011
Dr Isobel Tomlinson, Soil Association policy and campaigns officer, commenting ahead of the expected publication of the Natural Environment White Paper tomorrow: |
25 May 2011
The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) has welcomed a new policy memorandum from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in which it explicitly confirms that textile products that are produced in accordance with the GOTS standard may ... |