Organic Wales News & Events

Non-food retailers battled against their biggest monthly fall in sales since February, while food stores saw their largest fall for half a year. This was despite strong internet demand and a recovery in clothes sales, which had been hit in recent …

In August, Conservative assembly leader Andrew RT Davies said E. coli outbreaks were too frequent. He was speaking after a kebab house in Cardiff was closed temporarily when a number of people fell ill in an outbreak of E. coli O157. …

PEOPLE in Wales buy the largest quantities of fruit and vegetables – but also the most fat, sugar and alcoholic drinks, according to official data. Welsh people also buy the largest quantities of nine out of 16 food …

THE Welsh Government is holding talks with a joint Greek-Saudi-owned aquaculture company to secure the future of one of the UK’s largest fish farms which is facing difficulties. Selonda UK operates an extensive and modern recirculation sea bass farm on …

HOUSEHOLDERS have been warned they could have their bins emptied just once a month in future, as Welsh councils strive to meet tougher recycling targets. Councils across Wales have already moved from weekly to fortnightly …

A LLANGADOG farming family are counting the cost after sheep rustlers made off with 150 of their sheep who were grazing on the Black Mountain above Brynaman. Hugh and Mary Davies reckon the theft of 60 Welsh Mountain ewes, 42 yearlings and 45 lambs …

James Prewett, Head of Regional Farm Sales at Knight Franks, comments: “This is a highly unusual opportunity for a buyer to acquire the freehold of what amounts to a small upland estate of 790 acres for a price guided at less than a one-bedroom London …

Food and Fisheries Alun Davies approved a payment to the company for “securing a permanent solution to the electrical supply to Pen Mon Fish farm”. Yesterday the Welsh Government would not confirm how much grant money had been paid in total due to …

Opening the Horticulture Wales Conferences, held in Swansea and St. Asaph, Alun Davies the Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and European Programmes congratulated the sector on its high quality produce. He stated that the Welsh …