12 October 2011
Following proposals for a reform of the CAP after 2013 from the European Commission, which aim to 'strengthen the competitiveness, sustainability and permanence of agriculture throughout the EU', the Soil Association comments: |
12 October 2011
An event in Bristol today [12 October] sees the launch of a UK-wide Sustainable Food Cities Network which will help cities develop and promote healthy and sustainable food programmes. The Network will be crucial as these cities work to tackle a grow... |
10 October 2011
The UK’s biggest celebration of all things organic took place last month, with Organic September being marked on organic farms, in schools, by retailers and caterers and the general public. Taking a lead from the ongoing industry wide ‘discover orga... |
03 October 2011
Energy costs for heating in the farrowing house have been cut dramatically on the Co Tyrone pig farm of Gary Anderson. |
30 September 2011
An opportunity for an apprentice with an interest in horticulture and livestock, pigs and poultry to work on a mixed 650 acre organic farm in Leicestershire. |
30 September 2011
The second of our planned events took place at Woodland Valley Farm, near Ladock in Cornwall last Tuesday with a morning session of expert speakers followed by a delicious lunch and farm walk. |
30 September 2011
The Low Carbon Farming project kicked off it's programmes of on-farm events last Friday, with an afternoon seminar session and farm tour at Yatesbury House Farm in Wiltshire. |
21 September 2011
East Ayrshire Council recently celebrated winning an APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) award in a UK-wide competition which drew around 300 submissions in total. |
16 September 2011
Herefordshire based Butford Organics, have become one of the first organic cider and perry farm in the UK to make the switch to solar generated electricity. The award-winning family business has installed a 3.9kw solar photovoltaic (PV) system on th... |
08 September 2011
Organic clothes and textiles have become increasingly popular in the last decade. When textiles are certified as organic it means that both the production of the fibre on the farm, and the processing of this fibre into textiles has met organic stand... |