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Food festivals and farmers’ markets are also a great way to discover Snowdonia’s gastronomic delights, and these – along with specialist shops – are included in our list of ten ways to discover Snowdonia’s local produce. The Llyn Land and Sea Festival …

THE owners of an award-winning organic vineyard scooped six more awards at an international wine competition. The family-run Ancre Hill Vineyard, Monmouth, has won international acclaim for its wine, most recently at the International Wine and Spirit …

he merger of three separate agencies into one environment body for Wales has been given the go-ahead.

THE Welsh Government has been criticised for announcing a multi-million pound spending programme on its Cardiff Bay HQ. The Assembly Commission will be handed £35.75m to spend on improvements to Assembly buildings and their broadcasting facilities, …

The progressive Swedish energy giant Vattenfall has just received Welsh government approval to build the Pen Y Cymoedd project, a 299-megawatt (MW) wind farm in South Wales — but it is partly on the site of an extensive potential coal seam that local …

But the Welsh government said a decision on funding had yet to be made. The National Trust criticised the plans outlined last Wednesday by Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries Alun Davies. Mr Davies was setting out his priorities for future …

“The first we knew of this was through one of our members,” said Bob Kennard, managing director of Graig Producers, which has more than 300 members in England and Wales. Mr Kennard said farmers should be free to choose their route to market.

THE food, farming and forestry sectors in Wales are to get a £4m grants boost to help them become more competitive. The RDP cash will be shared equally between the Processing and Marketing Grant Scheme (PMG) and Supply …

The Farmers Union of Wales (FUW) has described the decision by milk company Dairy Crest to cut the price it pays to farmers as a ‘disgrace’. Dairy Crest is reducing the farm gate milk price by two pence per litre from 1 May.

The 40-year-old ex-chef and food science graduate has an unusual – but some would say vital – role in everyday Welsh life. While many of his friends are confined to the office from nine ’til five, David can normally be found travelling the length and …