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October 20, 2009
OCTOBER 16, 2009: A think tank is urging the Government to dramatically expand the number of public allotments by building on brownfield sites and encouraging landowners to donate unused holdings to their local community.
October 19, 2009
OCTOBER 16, 2009: A new coalition of organisations is calling for a fresh vision for rural communities in England.
October 19, 2009
OCTOBER 18, 2009: Defra has named six areas of the country where it will carry out a programme of vaccination of badgers in a bid to control Bovine TB.
October 17, 2009
OCTOBER 16, 2009: A newly-designed 170-acre food and farming enterprise is producing local, ecologically farmed food.
October 16, 2009
OCTOBER 16, 2009: An Exeter-based charity has an organic seed bank, with the seeds available on a ‘bring and swap’ basis.
October 2, 2009
OCTOBER 2, 2009: Gardeners were devastated after thieves stripped their Devon allotment of nearly every piece of unpicked fruit and veg.
September 23, 2009
SEPT 18, 2009: A new initiative in Manchester aims to encourage everyone in the city to grow their own food.
September 21, 2009
SEPT 20, 2009: One of England’s top autumn rural shows – Countryside Live - is expanding, organisers, the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, have announced.
September 20, 2009
SEPT 18, 2009: A new, UK-based charity has been founded to conserve and protect bees, to educate people about bees and to research and promote more natural beekeeping methods.
September 18, 2009
SEPT 18, 2009: A Devon smallholder says he is saving £2,000 a year – by making his own biodiesel.
September 18, 2009
SEPT 18, 2009: A new range of one-day smallholding courses for complete beginners is being offered in Gloucestershire.
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