Archives for 2011

… Sally Williams and Steve Dubé look at what free natural delights Wales has to offer AUTUMN may be harvest season for traditional crops – but spring is the perfect time to start gathering nature’s free food, according to Welsh foragers. …

A typically pretty east Powys village is the setting for one of the most exciting community transition projects in Wales. What makes Llangattock Green Valleys so impressive is the breadth of vision of the scheme, …

A RURAL stress initiative that reaches out to farmers at livestock markets has completed its first phase. Rural Support Wales (RSW), which is co-ordinated by the Institute of Rural Health, Newtown, has run for six years. …

In the end they were made unavailable for 20 minutes to get food and water, and then they were dispatched again. “These boys and girls work hard, they more than earn their money. They come off the engines like wet rags having worked themselves into the …

Although a leading figure in the Just Say No campaign that argued for a No vote in the 1997 referendum on whether to set up a Welsh Assembly, Mr Bourne quickly took the view that the Conservatives needed to embrace devolution and demonstrate that they …

This system — self-catering — meant that I could bring my own food, cook the eggs laid that morning by the hen outside or walk a mile to the Walnut Tree, one of four Michelin-starred restaurants in Wales. (I chose the walk and was rewarded at the end …

To combat the problem the trust has today launched MyFarm, a website offering 10000 people the chance to learn about food production by making key decisions month by month on one of the charitys organic farms. This is all about reconnecting people with …

Pembrokeshire Council officers said they had been instructed to remove the gnomes after Welsh Assembly transport officials said they could be “distracting” to other road users. Mrs Pratt’s family said they were sad to see the gnomes, on Penblewin …

Despite being granted planning approval by Flintshire Council planners last year the proposal was called in for a decision by a Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) planning inspector. And last week Mr Pinchin’s dreams came crashing down when the WAG ruled …