Visitors also packed the streets of Conwy over the weekend for the European food market and a military exhibition, as well as the 23rd annual North Wales Bluegrass Festival. Turn to page 19 for our review of this year’s event.
Archives for July 2011
Seaweed could have important biofuel role, say scientists
THIS is the month to harvest seaweed from our oceans if the plant is to achieve its potential as a viable biofuel, Welsh scientists believe. Researchers at Aberystwyth University say kelp seaweed could provide an …
Forestry fallout could scupper badger cull
Stephen Carr runs an 800ha (1950-acre) sheep, arable and beef farm on the South Downs near Eastbourne in partnership with his wife, Fizz. A third of the acreage is in conversion to organic status. Do you think the Welsh cull will ever happen? …
British farmers forced to pay the cost of supermarket price wars
Patrick Holden, former head of the Soil Association, is a dairy farmer in Lampeter, west Wales. For 20 years he farmed organic carrots for supermarkets, but gave up in 2007, frustrated at unreasonable demands that continually pushed up his overheads. …
Fishermen combine to catch local trade
Fishermen combine to try and catch more local tradeWalesOnline… parent organisation – the South & West Wales Fishing Communities (SWWFC) – in securing £122766 from the EU and Welsh Government. Alun Davies, Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Fo…
Decision day nears for badger cull
Meanwhile, frustration is growing at the Welsh Assembly Government’s decision to halt a planned cull of badgers in West Wales. The heads of three regional bovine TB eradication boards in Wales have withdrawn their support in protest at the decision. …