CARMARTHEN’S first-ever food festival has been such a success that calls are already being made for it to be an annual event. Yesterday’s festival, held in the town’s St Catherine’s Walk shopping development, Guildhall Square and King Street, …
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Livestock farms ‘raise risk of blood cancers’
Dr Ian Lewis, associate director of research at Welsh cancer charity Tenovus, said: “This study could have implications for the many people in Wales who grew up on livestock farms, however it does not yet identify the specific reason why those in the …
Non-farmer to lead red tape review in Wales
Mr Williams, chairman of the Institute of Directors Wales, will examine ways of “streamlining” the administrative burden on farmers. As well as more web form filling, farming deputy minister Alun Davies also hopes to slash the number of farm …
Campaigners protest against GM spuds
To highlight their cause, campaigners ate organic chips in Norwich city centre before delivering a trailer-load of organic, blight-resistant potatoes to the laboratory. The campaigners claim £1.7m of public money has been spent to find a GM …
Top Welsh chef to open Shared Olive restaurant
Our aim is for our guests to enjoy great food and excellent service in comfortable surroundings at a price that represents great value.” He has been a member of the Welsh National Culinary Team since 1998 but, due to having a young family, …
Planners ‘hindering’ renewable schemes in Wales
“Port Dinorwic’s giant hydro scheme took three-and-a-half years to built and many small farm hydro projects are taking almost as long.” CLA Wales director Ben Underwood, speaking at this week’s Royal Welsh Show, said there was increasing frustration …
Energy policy blowing in the wind?
Wales’ renewable energy policy has taken a battering in recent weeks with politicians appearing to stagger under the pressure of anti-wind farm protestors, but there are encouraging signs that it is back on track.
Why there’s more to keeping chickens than getting fresh laid eggs
Then we wanted them organic, without any of those nasty chemicals involved. Now we want our eggs one stage more wholesome – fresh from the garden and our very own brood of hand-reared chickens. Keeping chickens has grown in popularity over the last few …
‘Black day for badgers’ as government announce cull
”At a time when the Welsh government has stepped back from a cull, the government in England is slowly shredding its own animal welfare credentials.” The RSPCA said vaccination of badgers, increased levels of testing, improved biosecurity and …
Lowest milk prices in Europe leave Welsh dairy farmers struggling to cover costs
Dairy farmers in Wales are failing to cover their costs because they receive less money per litre of milk than their counterparts in Europe, farming unions have warned. At the Royal Welsh Show, NFU Cymru called on …
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