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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27 December 2011
A new report on Anaerobic Digestion (AD) and large-scale intensive livestock farms, which was commissioned by the Soil Association and the World Society for the Protection of Animals and written by an independent consultant, shows that with large-sc...
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14 December 2011
At a reception hosted by The Prince of Wales at Clarence House on Thursday 15 December, fourteen hospitals from around the country will be congratulated for the excellent work they have done to improve the food in their hospitals, as identified by t...
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12 December 2011
A demographic breakdown comparing shoppers aged under 35 with those aged over 35, from IGD’s monthly survey reveals: 26% of shoppers under 35 expect to buy more organic food over the next 12 months, compared to 13% of over-35s 51% of them claim to b...
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02 December 2011
A practical day looking at soil management, making best use of FYM and slurry, utilizing clover to fix nitrogen and an introduction to PLANET. Speakers include James Bretherton, AgScope, Richard Huxtable and Gavin Elrick, SAC. The day will also incl...
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29 November 2011
The choices we make over the festive season - about what goes on our plates, the presents we buy, what we wear and what we put on our skin – have far reaching consequences for our health, the health of our countryside, and the development of countri...
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29 November 2011
Crucial farm reforms explained The public will get the chance to find out about vital European proposals to reform the Common Agricultural Policy at a series of meetings across Scotland. Senior Scottish Government officials will chair the road shows...
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28 November 2011
The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced that the Renewable Heat Incentive project will start accepting applications from Monday November 28.
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24 November 2011
A man who has helped to change the way Britain thinks about bread and now teaches baking at his home in Lamancha, West Linton, Peeblesshire, was honoured today, in an unusual move, with a Special Judges’ Award at the BBC Food & Farming Awards. Sheil...
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