Organic Wales News & Events

Welsh parents should apply pressure to schools to make sure they improve their levels of food hygiene, experts have said. Consumer Focus Wales made the comments after it was revealed that 48 places of education in the country fell below required levels …

NFU Cymru poultry board chairman Tony Burgess said, “We are very pleased with the findings and recommendations from EFRA as they come after a lot of hard lobbying work done on behalf of members in an attempt to protect the Welsh egg industry. …

Slap-bang in the centre of Hay-on-Wye (home of a gazillion second-hand book shops and the famous literary festival), this imposing Edwardian former doctor’s house turned inn and hotel simply exudes easy-going contentment. It’s one of those rare places …

Independent retailers say they have received no information from the Welsh Assembly despite there being just a month until the levy goes live. Many shopkeepers admitted knowing little about the levy’s start date, or how it would be enforced. …

Consumer Focus Wales has drawn up a list of the schools in Wales which have been awarded a score of two or less as part of the new food hygiene rating scheme. And it is urging parents of children at these schools, colleges, nurseries and playgroups to …

Experts in Wales said yesterday the new strain of the virus is unlikely to have an impact on the health of humans in Britain. And the Welsh Government reassured the public that the country had “strong contingency plans” in place to prevent and tackle …

A LEADING Welsh restaurant is slowly climbing up a prestigious list of the UK’s best. The Crown at Whitebrook was described as “world class” by the Good Food Guide, which ranked it as the 28th best restaurant in the UK. …

In Wales, during the same period, the number of cattle slaughtered because of bTB has fallen by 36%, and by 45% in Dyfed. The Welsh Assembly Government had proposed a cull, before being forced to drop the plan. And this, without a single badger being …