Holyhead, Wales, where the biomass plant is due to be built. Photograph: Richard Klune/Corbis The government has given the go-ahead to a huge wood-burning plant which it claims will provide power for a quarter of all Welsh homes, sparking outrage among …
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Don’t miss annual All Welsh Beer and Cider Festival at Barry’s West End Club!
There will be a choice of up to 16 real ales to sample along with a dozen ciders and perries, again, from all four corners of Wales! This year Bill is introducing food to the festival offering bacon and sausage butties and also a selection of Welsh …
Pardon? Noisy farms producing generation of deaf farmers
So, during Rural Health Week (September 18-24), David Ormerod Hearing Centres is encouraging Welsh farmers to use hearing protection. Mr Booth said: “Some farm workers are reluctant to wear hearing protection because they are concerned this will …
Emissions from controversial cement plant are ‘no threat to the locals’
Ann Weedy, from Environment Agency Wales, said: “As regulators of Hanson Cement, we prevent, or where that is not possible minimise, the impact of the site on the local community and environment.” The investigation was ordered by former Welsh …
St Fagans Food Festival
THERE is nothing that conjures up happy memories of childhood more than that favourite dish that your mum or your granny used to make. One chef who drew inspiration from her farming grandmothers is Nerys Howell …
Wales’ plastic bag charges are a legal minefield
Items exempt from incurring the 5p charge include: * Unwrapped food items, such as loose fruit, vegetables, bread, pick and mix sweets etc. * Loose seeds and bulbs * Unpackaged blades ie knifes or razor blade. * Packaged uncooked goods such as raw meat …
Good Food Guide calls time on the gastropub
“It should be jolly good food that’s homemade in the establishment.” Meanwhile, besides the controversy over the death of the gastropub, the guide has named two Welsh restaurants in its top 50. It lists the Crown at Whitebrook, in Gwent, …
Powerful images of Snowdonia’s farmers in new book
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has teamed up with renowned London photographer ChrisClunn to produce a bilingual book of evocative portraits of 61 farmers of all ages living and working on traditional family hill farms in the Snowdonia National Park. …
Flourishing food firm reflects the rising fortunes of Welsh Valleys
“We primarily supply chilled and frozen food that’s ready to be regenerated to the healthcare sector and deliver to approximately 120 hospitals and trusts around the UK,” Mr Hall said. “Unfortunately the majority of these are outside Wales where we …
Welsh tourism strategy branded ‘a disaster’
The whole picture of Wales’ second largest industry is a bit of a disaster. The self-catering sector has far too much supply for the present demand. “There are over 600 attractions in Wales, and in Pembrokeshire there appears to be a farm attraction on …
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