21 March 2012
The Food for Life Partnership has been awarded further Lottery funding of £1million as part of an initiative by the Big Lottery Fund to support its grantholders in the tough economic environment |
20 March 2012
The Soil Association is working with the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA UK) to celebrate the annual farming tradition of 'turning out' the cows. If you keep cattle and are about to turn your cows out we want your help. |
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19 March 2012
Applications to be submitted by 30 March 2012 Important Producer Information • Qualitative contribution When applying for maintenance or conversion payments please note that if you are certified by Soil Association or SOPA you are automatically elig... |
16 March 2012
The EU has called for European Governments to include data on carbon dioxide emissions from farming and forestry to be included in their plans to tackle climate change. Current rules covering agriculture and forestry account for methane and nitrous ... |
16 March 2012
Government plans recently announced will make small-scale renewable energy generators on farms exempt from planning regulations. The change means planning permission will no longer be required for farmers who install renewable generators such as sol... |
16 March 2012
Hats off to SA licencees Eversfield Organic for a 300% increase in sales over just a couple months! This is thanks to a new website and launching into the world of social media with a full range of tools used including Twitter , Facebook and Wordpre... |
15 March 2012
We are proud to announce today that Busy Bees , the UK’s largest childcare provider, have been awarded our bronze Food for Life Catering Mark for 129 nurseries across England and Wales. This guarantees that all 14,000 meals served to children at Bus... |
15 March 2012
Busy Bees, the UK’s largest childcare provider, has been awarded the prestigious bronze Food for Life Catering Mark from the Soil Association for serving fresh and healthy meals in 129 nurseries across England and Wales. This guarantees that all 14,... |
14 March 2012
A recent and widely reported study by the Harvard School of Medicine claims consumption of red meat is responsible for one in ten early deaths. While the Soil Association does not contest the findings of the study, we do question their relevance bey... |