22 November 2011
Shetland wool producers bid to reclaim the ‘magic’ of Shetland wool. Organic “Native Shetland Wool“ is set to be given the highest level of protection assuring proof of provenance and breed, joining products such as Shetland Lamb, Cornish Clotted Cr...
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21 November 2011
The Soil Association led Food for Life Partnership , the lottery funded network of schools and communities across England committed to transforming food culture, has been nominated for the prestigious Derek Cooper award in the up and coming BBC Radi...
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21 November 2011
The Soil Association's Food for Life Catering Mark provides a key benchmark for healthy and sustainable food provision in a new report compiled by London Food Link, a network run by Sustain.
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17 November 2011
Compassion in World Farming introduces 'Antibiotic Anna' to Brussels on behalf of The Alliance A new report – Case Study of a Health Crisis – has found an alarming rise in new farm ‘superbugs’, particularly MRSA and E. coli, being passed on to human...
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07 November 2011
Following listening to producers needs and identifying weed control in grassland systems is near the top of the list we hosted two Weed Workshops this October. One in the South West at Rob Halliday’s farm in Cornwall the other at Richard Ward’s farm...
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03 November 2011
The Soil Association is supporting the inaugural People and Environment Achievement Business Awards 2012 .
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03 November 2011
The Soil Association's Food for Life Catering Mark team will be speaking and running a workshop at a Sustainable Food Seminar in Oxford on Thursday 24 November. This is the first in a series of Green League best practice seminars organised by People...
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02 November 2011
The Soil Association warmly welcomes last night’s decision [1 Nov] by South Derbyshire District Council (SDDC) to reject Midland Pig Producer’s proposed mega pig farm in Foston, Derbyshire.
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01 November 2011
Twenty six years ago, while aged 25 and pretending to be a management consultant in New York, on leaving my apartment on Union Square I stumbled on what must have been one of the first farmers’ markets. Chatting to the farmers brought back the reali...
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01 November 2011
I like to imagine a future where everybody intuitively understands that the aim of food production is to maximise its nutritional qualities for the benefit of humans and the planet. To achieve this, I think the future direction for the sustainable f...
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