December 9, 2007
Festive boost for small local stores
DECEMBER 2007: More shoppers were planning to buy their food at small, local storesthis Christmas than at any time for decades, according to a survey.
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December 8, 2007
King of the waterways
DECEMBER 2007: Despite the wet weather this summer, 4,000 sightings were recorded bymembers of the public during British Waterways’ fourth NationalWaterway Wildlife Survey, including more than 300 records of Britain’smost brilliant bird, the kingfisher.
December 7, 2007
Row over source of bird flu
DECEMBER 2007: Defra has been accused of trying to blame wild birds rather than poor biosecurity for the bird flu outbreak in Suffolk.
December 7, 2007
Greater threat to wildlife
DECEMBER 2007: A number of factors including climate change, the spread of infectiousdiseases, agricultural and forestry practices and not least humanactivity are combining to place ever increasing pressure on the UK’salready fragile wildlife populations, according…
December 6, 2007
New spud on menu
DECEMBER 2007: Leading chef Antony Worrall Thompson has demonstrated the best ways to cook the new Mayan Gold potato.
December 6, 2007
Welsh agriculture ‘facing terminal decline’
DECEMBER 2007: The problems besetting Welsh agriculture are likely to send theindustry into terminal decline, particularly in the livestock sector,according to a landowners’ group.
December 6, 2007
Will smallholding become a must?
A top scientist has given an apocalyptic vision of the future after oil runs out - and he says it will be a future in which farming co-ops and smallholders will come into their own.
November 22, 2007
Precautionary culling on a fifth premises
November 21: As part of the epidemiological investigation a decision has been taken today to declare a fifth premises as a Dangerous Contact. All poultry on this premises will be culled as a precautionary measure. …
November 21, 2007
Test for farmers ‘red tape gone mad’
NOVEMBER 2007: A new law to make farmers take a test if they drive animals more than 40 miles has been described as 'bureaucracy gone mad' by a union leader.
November 19, 2007
Whole Farm Approach cuts more red tape for farmers
Defra has launched the latest update to Whole Farm Approach, providing enhancements for farmers and growers to save time on business activity and access the latest up-to-date information and guidance.
November 16, 2007
Mission to learn about bluetongue
November 2007: A team of British farmers has been on a bluetongue fact-finding trip to France.
