The Welsh Government yesterday called on Westminster to “respect its position” on wind farms in a bid to avoid their proliferation in the Welsh countryside. First Minister Carwyn Jones said the Welsh Government’s Tan 8 …
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Cardiff International Food and Drink Festival returns
FOODIES will be served up another culinary treat as the Cardiff International Food and Drink Festival returns to the waterfront in Cardiff Bay. Taste buds are set to tingle by more than 100 food producers from Wales, …
Festivals feel the economic squeeze
Fiona Stewart, who managed Festival Republic’s The Big Chill and now runs the Green Man event in Wales, questions the view that there are too many festivals about. But she says standing out from the crowd is essential, whether through better facilities …
Business booming for Welsh milk group
The firm’s aim is to develop and encourage the processing of Welsh organic milk in Wales, instead of seeing it taken out of Wales where it can lose its identity and value. “We are looking for producers of high quality milk who share Calon Wen’s vision …
Rise in tree planting in Wales – but not fast enough
It will provide a baseline for the Welsh Government’s new “Living Wales” policy initiative that aims to take ecosystem services into account more fully when planning future land use. Whilst the report recognised that farmland is valuable for food and …
Mid Wales in revolt over pylon invasion
COUNCILLORS in Powys are demanding an urgent review of the Welsh Government’s wind farm policy. It follows widespread protests against plans for almost 100 miles of giant pylons – and a 19-acre substation – to connect wind …
Rising cost of food forces Welsh consumers to change eating habits
Welsh people are changing what they eat because of the rising cost of food, according to a new Oxfam Cymru survey released today. Half of survey respondents in Wales said they no longer ate all of the same foods as they did two years ago; …
Pembrokeshire Dairy Farmers Urged to Back Campaign for Fairer Milk Contracts –
However, we desperately need the Westminster and Welsh Governments to get behind these proposals and take the action that’s required to help move the industry towards fairer milk supply contracts.” David James, Pembrokeshire NFU Cymru County Chairman …
Rural areas fear being left out of flood measures
The Welsh Assembly Government said last night that it would not divert flood defence cash to urban areas because of the new European Union flood risk definition. But concerns were raised that the change in the threshold, which means only areas in …
While country is hit by drought, snow falls on Snowdon
In addition parts of the South-West, South-East, Midlands and Wales are experiencing near-drought conditions, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said. A spokesman for Environment Agency Wales said recent rain here had …
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