June 9, 2010
Smallholders Show, Sussex, July 3-4
JUNE 7, 2010: The Smallholders Show will take place at the South of England Showground, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, on July 3 and 4.
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June 5, 2010
Warning on meat and dairy consumption
JUNE 4, 2010: A big reduction in meat and dairy consumption is vital if we are to save the planet from environmental disaster, according to a new UN study.
June 4, 2010
CAP support ‘vital’ for farmers
JUNE 4, 2010: More than half of UK farmers would struggle to stay in business if direct support payments under the CAP were removed, a new study has found.
May 5, 2010
SEARCH FOR SMALLHOLDER OF THE YEAR
MAY 5, 2010: Country Smallholding is delighted to launch the 2010 Smallholder of the Year Competition! In this exciting national competition, we are searching for a smallholding that exemplifies best practice and offers an inspiring…
April 23, 2010
40% of farmers affected by climate change
APRIL 23, 2010: Almost 40% of farm businesses are being affected by climate change, according to a survey of UK farmers.
April 23, 2010
Sheep numbers still falling
APRIL 23, 2010: Although British sheep numbers are still falling, the rate of decline slowed down in 2009.
March 23, 2010
Self sufficiency pioneer Katie Thear dies
MARCH 24, 2010: Katie Thear, one of the pioneers of the self sufficiency movement, has died after a long battle with cancer.
March 19, 2010
bTB now affecting sheep
MARCH 19, 2010: Concerns that bovine TB (bTB) is becoming more prevalent in species other than cattle and badgers have neen heightened by the discovery of the disease in sheep and wild boar.
March 19, 2010
40 MPs oppose plan for ‘super-dairy’
MARCH 19, 2010: Plans for an 8,100 cow super-dairy in Lincolnshire have been opposed by 40 MPs.
March 13, 2010
Shock figures on extinction of wildlife
MARCH 12, 2010: Natural England has launched the most complete audit of hundreds of years of England’s wildlife winners and losers to an audience of leading conservationists at the Zoological Society of London.
March 12, 2010
Small Farm Forum welcomed
MARCH 12, 2010: There has been an enthusiastic welcome for the new Small Farm Forum.
