November 13, 2009
Crime prevention scheme a success
NOVEMBER 14, 2009: A crime prevention scheme to protect farms and smallholdings in Somerset is being hailed a success in keeping thieves at bay.
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November 3, 2009
Families sought for period TV series
NOVEMBER 3, 2009: BBC Cymru Wales will be transporting two modern day families back to 1890 for a brand new television series – Snowdonia Farmhouse.
October 29, 2009
Climate change ‘to hit food production’
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
Record cattle entries for Winter Fair
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
Call for GM crops rejected
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
Think tank’s call to action on allotments
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
Rural coalition formed
OCTOBER 16, 2009: A new coalition of organisations is calling for a fresh vision for rural communities in England.
October 19, 2009
Bovine TB vaccination areas named
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
‘Eco-farm’ launched in Hertfordshire
OCTOBER 16, 2009: A newly-designed 170-acre food and farming enterprise is producing local, ecologically farmed food.
October 16, 2009
Seed swap, free books and pony power
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
Thieves strip allotment of produce
OCTOBER 2, 2009: Gardeners were devastated after thieves stripped their Devon allotment of nearly every piece of unpicked fruit and veg.
