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.
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Grow & Maintain
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 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 12, 2008
Key year for horticulture
JANUARY, 10 2008: The horticulture sector is facing a pivotal year in 2008 but is more than capable of meeting the challenges, says NFU horticulture board chairman Richard Hirst.
January 12, 2008
Challenge on peat-free compost
JANUARY 13, 2008: Compost producers need to up their game in order to produce good quality, peat-free composts that live up to their peat- based counterparts, according to new research by Gardening Which?.
January 10, 2008
‘Act now on threat to farms’
JANUARY 2008: The rising cost of animal feed due to poor global harvests and growingcompetition from bio-fuels means that many farmers are being forced tosell their livestock at a loss, it is claimed.
January 9, 2008
Call for ‘cool farming’
JANUARY 2008: Agriculture is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions and urgent changes need to be made if it is to be changed from a key contributor to climate change to a…
January 7, 2008
27% rise in farm bankruptcies
The number of farms and farm-related businesses to go bust last year rose by 27% from 2006, and recorded a higher failure rate than any other industry, according to analysts Experian.
