To highlight their cause, campaigners ate organic chips in Norwich city centre before delivering a trailer-load of organic, blight-resistant potatoes to the laboratory. The campaigners claim £1.7m of public money has been spent to find a GM …
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Top Welsh chef to open Shared Olive restaurant
Our aim is for our guests to enjoy great food and excellent service in comfortable surroundings at a price that represents great value.” He has been a member of the Welsh National Culinary Team since 1998 but, due to having a young family, …
Planners ‘hindering’ renewable schemes in Wales
“Port Dinorwic’s giant hydro scheme took three-and-a-half years to built and many small farm hydro projects are taking almost as long.” CLA Wales director Ben Underwood, speaking at this week’s Royal Welsh Show, said there was increasing frustration …
Energy policy blowing in the wind?
Wales’ renewable energy policy has taken a battering in recent weeks with politicians appearing to stagger under the pressure of anti-wind farm protestors, but there are encouraging signs that it is back on track.
Why there’s more to keeping chickens than getting fresh laid eggs
Then we wanted them organic, without any of those nasty chemicals involved. Now we want our eggs one stage more wholesome – fresh from the garden and our very own brood of hand-reared chickens. Keeping chickens has grown in popularity over the last few …
‘Black day for badgers’ as government announce cull
”At a time when the Welsh government has stepped back from a cull, the government in England is slowly shredding its own animal welfare credentials.” The RSPCA said vaccination of badgers, increased levels of testing, improved biosecurity and …
Lowest milk prices in Europe leave Welsh dairy farmers struggling to cover costs
Dairy farmers in Wales are failing to cover their costs because they receive less money per litre of milk than their counterparts in Europe, farming unions have warned. At the Royal Welsh Show, NFU Cymru called on …
Special marker to illuminate unfit-to-eat meat
Dr Michael Lee, from IBERS, said the aim was to create a gold standard system in Wales for screening carcasses at abattoirs and to develop commercial solutions to benefit Wales’ food industry. He said: “By doing so, any microbial contamination can be …
New weekly farmers’ market for Cardiff city centre
A NEW weekly farmers’ market is set to start selling local produce in the heart of the city centre from next month. The first Cardiff Castle Quarter Farmers’ Market will take place in the High Street on Thursday, …
Farmers anger at Welsh cull delay
THE Farmers Union of Wales has warned the Welsh Assembly’s Environment Minister, John Griffiths, he is the focus of farmers’ ‘anger and frustration’ after shelved plans for a badger cull is Wales. “With support for the eradication programme waning and …
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