January 27, 2008
Gift of life for ‘low’ worms
JANUARY 27, 2008: Scientists carry out some bizarre experiments – and giving worms antidepressants might seem among the strangest.
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January 26, 2008
Work out your ‘food print’
JANUARY 25, 2008: Shoppers now have plenty to think about when they buy food – animalwelfare, pesticides, antibiotics, food miles, carbon emissions, not tomention price.
January 25, 2008
Helping growers stay afloat
JANUARY 25, 2008: Garden Organic has joined forces with the Soil Association to helpfarmers account for the loss of produce during this year’s wet growingseason.
January 25, 2008
Veg varieties ‘being killed by EU red tape’
JANUARY 26, 2008: A staggering 98% of vegetable varieties have disappeared over the last100 years and EU regulations are set to speed this decline.
January 25, 2008
Food supply ‘balanced on a knife edge’
JANUARY 23, 2008: The world's food supply is balanced on a knife edge between sufficiency and shortage, according to the National Farmers' Union.
January 25, 2008
West Wales and East Anglia most popular areas for
JANUARY 25, 2008: West Wales and East Anglia are proving the the most popular areas forbuyers looking for a smallholding, according to a a specialist estateagent.
January 21, 2008
Chicken waste to power energy plant
JANUARY 21, 2008: A Norfolk poultry firm is pressing ahead with plans for amulti-million pound renewable energy plant fuelled entirely by chickenwaste that would be the first of its kind in the UK.
January 20, 2008
Supermarkets ‘take action on chicken welfare’
January 18, 2008: Supermarkets have reacted to TV programmes about chicken welfare by announcing newrules and regulations to reassure consumers of their commitment to thehighest standards.
January 19, 2008
Double tagging ‘less onerous than expected’
JANUARY 18, 2008: The double tagging regulations which came into effect this monthfollowing the withdrawal of the UK’s derogation from recent EU sheepand goat identification legislation are less onerous than originallyfeared, according to a English…
January 19, 2008
Government ‘doesn’t care about farming’
January 18, 2008: Defra and the Government at Westminster don't care about farming and sheep farmers and livestock producers have no sustainable future, it was claimed at the British Wool Marketing Board annual conference in…
January 18, 2008
F&M ‘cost Welsh farmers more than £40m’
JANUARY 18, 2008: The foot-and-mouth outbreak last year may have cost Welsh farmers more than £40m, it is claimed.
