07 November 2012
The aim of our month-long promotion was to boost the market for organic products. And we achieved that, with a healthy 7.7% increase in sales over the previous month, thanks to a variety of promotions by retailers, producers and wholesalers all arou...
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01 November 2012
The Soil Association AGM will hear today that the continued use of neonicotinoid pesticides is resulting in the decline of honey bees and other pollinators. Soil Association members from across the UK will gather at the 66th AGM held in London on 31...
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24 October 2012
Earlier this month organic farmers, growers and processors from across Scotland had an opportunity to network, share best practice and hear from key industry professionals at the first Scottish Organic Forum event.
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22 October 2012
Congratulations to Growing Communities, a vegetable box scheme based in Hackney and run by volunteers producing most of its food locally, which was named Retailer of the Year in this year's Observer Food Monthly Awards.
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22 October 2012
Biologists at the University of London that carried out a detailed field study into bumblebees have exposed to two commonly used agricultural insecticides, including the neonicotinoid imidacloprid.
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18 October 2012
The Soil Association welcomes the findings of yesterday’s report by scientists at Switzerland’s Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) indicating significantly higher levels of vital carbon sequestration in organic than non-organic farming...
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17 October 2012
The elegant Clevedon Hall in Somerset was the venue for the recent Organic Poultry Conference which was attended by more than 50 poultry producers, industry suppliers and advisors.
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15 October 2012
The Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics welcomes the Veterinary Medicines Directorate’s (VMD) decision to ban the advertising of antibiotics to farmers [1], but is calling for this to be implemented immediately, not towards the end of 2013 as proposed....
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10 October 2012
A French delegation from Rennes will be visiting Plymouth this week to find out about short supply chains and how these can help to support local food systems. This is part of an Interreg funded project Sustainable Supply Chains (1) between the citi...
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03 October 2012
Cutting through eco-confusion: the world’s first global organic cotton campaign launches at Hong Kong’s Sustainable Textiles Conference on October 4th. Major players in the international textiles industry are being challenged to sign up to organic –...
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