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October 29, 2009
OCTOBER 29, 2009: Climate change is set to have a dramatic impact on food production in the South West, and could alter the region’s idyllic landscape forever, according to Professor Ian Mercer, the first chief…
October 29, 2009
OCTOBER 29, 2009: The popularity of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Winter Fair as a showcase for the country’s leading stockmen has been confirmed by a record entry of cattle for this year’s event at Llanelwedd,…
October 23, 2009
OCTOBER 23, 2009: The Soil Association says it strongly disagrees with the call from the Royal Society report ‘Reaping the benefits: towards sustainable intensification of global agriculture’ that GM crops are needed to prevent a…
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.
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