Archives for 2011

Despite the Prince of Wales’s efforts to keep it green by providing local, seasonal food and flowers and turning off the lights, the food, drink and energy use also has a substantial footprint. The total was calculated by the Certified Emissions …

It was busy when we arrived and you soon found out why once our food, including scallops, began arriving. It was superb quality and astonishing value. Before we left West Wales, by the way, we did stock up on some more of their locally produced Welsh …

“We’ve come a long way since the beginnings in 2009 and when I look back to the farmers’ markets of then to the store shelves now I am extremely proud of our achievement,” said Mr Llewellyn. The Welsh entrepreneur and his team will be in Selfridges …

“If we stopped wasting all this food, we could prevent enough carbon dioxide emissions each year that would equate to taking one in five cars off Welsh roads,” a spokesman for the Assembly funded body said. The spokesman added: “The amount of food we …

“The Abergavenny Food Festival attracts thousands of visitors to its hotels and restaurants. “When we moved, here the county used to have its own licensing laws and a part of me would like to see a return to that; we could make Monmouthshire a state on …

A rural action group claims plans for a 19-acre electricity substation are “a shameful and depressing epilogue for mid Wales’ landscapes”.

The statement from the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Wales (CIEH) comes after the organisation carried out a survey which showed that large numbers of pupils buy their food from takeaways. In England, schools in Oldham are currently …