'Rural watchdog' needed to put the case for the isolatedWalesOnline… of Wales hold the key to helping to solve our climate change challenge, with huge amounts of carbon locked up in the woodlands, peat and organic soil. …
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Don’t go far to buy a Christmas tree
Don't go far to buy a Christmas treeWalesOnlineThe farmers' markets in Cardiff will this Christmas season feature Machynlleth-grown organic shrubs from Esgair Timber. Mr Garreett added: “After the tree …and more »
New organic Welsh flour uses old traditions and new techniques – Daily Post North Wales
New organic Welsh flour uses old traditions and new techniquesDaily Post North WalesMODERN farming and traditional milling techniques have come together to produce Wales's newest organic flour. The new flour uses Welsh organic wheat and a …
"We can’t deny importance of the EU," Welsh farmers are told – News Wales
"We can't deny importance of the EU," Welsh farmers are toldNews WalesMiss Whyte, speaking at the Elephant and Castle, Newtown said, “For many Welsh farmers and growers, the EU represents an amorphous mass of bureaucracy and …
Research claims cloned meat and milk is safe to eat – WalesOnline
Research claims cloned meat and milk is safe to eatWalesOnlineYet Bob Kennard, managing director of Graig Producers, the biggest representative group of organic livestock farmers in Wales, questioned the claims. …and more »
Wales – Organic farming – Meattradenewsdaily
Wales – Organic farmingMeattradenewsdailyThe rural affairs minister has agreed to meet organic representatives later this month, led by Prof Nic Lampkin, founder of Organic Centre Wales (OCW), …
Riverside Market Garden wins award
Riverside Market Garden wins award. The Market Garden provides weekly veg boxes to fifteen Cardiff families, supplies a farmers market stall and enables four local restaurants to have organic …
Lack of funding puts Wales in Bloom’s future in doubt
Unless funding can be found this year’s Wales in Bloom competition will be the last, according to its organisers. The competition was set up to encourage towns, cities, villages and businesses brighten up their environment. Their website says the Wales in Bloom Foundation is “committed to fostering civic pride, environmental responsibility and to encourage improvement to the quality of life through community involvement”.
Pembrokeshire badger cull halted after appeal
Controversial Welsh Assembly Government plans for a cull of around 1,500 badgers in Pembrokeshire, where badgers were to be trapped in cages and shot, have been halted after The Badger Trust won their legal challenge to stop it. They had questioned the cull’s effectiveness and argued it had not yet been scientifically proven that badgers are implicated in the transmission of TB within cattle.
Go ahead for £2bn offshore windfarm off North Wales coast
Construction work will begin next year on one of the largest offshore windfarms in the world, the two billion pound Gwynt y Môr windfarm, it has been announced.
