A PENARTH restaurant, based in the restored Victorian beach shelter on the Esplanade, is celebrating after winning best restaurant in the ‘Welsh Food Oscars’. The Fig Tree was awarded the Gold ‘People’s Choice’ Food Award in the 2012 Wales True Taste …
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Cardigan river & food festival 2012
Cardigan’s River & Food Festival takes place on Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 August 2012. The festival will be held at Cardigan’s Quay Street car park, next to the River Teifi. The festival attracts around 8,000 visitors, with more than 70 food, drink and crafts exhibitors.
Powys substation and pylons site to be announced
The preferred site for a controversial electricity substation in Powys and the route for over 100 high voltage pylons will be unveiled later.
Opponents say the substation and the pylons, to service wind farms, will disfigure the countryside.
New organic label for European wines launched
Organic wines produced in Europe will be able to be sold under a certified label this year, as the EU tightens rules on winemaking to rival organic bottles from the New World.
Wines made in Europe can already carry a label certifying that the wine is “made from organic grapes” but this “does not cover all winemaking practices, that means the whole refining process from the grape to the wine”, said the European Commission in a statement.
The aim is to ensure that the techniques used to produce organic wine respect common rules.
Wales considers its own legislation for producers
WELSH Government Agriculture Minister, Alun Davies, has repeated his commitment to ensuring “a prosperous and sustainable future” for milk producers in Wales — to the extent of going it alone on the introduction of unilateral legislation.
Welsh farming prospers by ‘Working Smarter’
FARMERS across Wales are said to be already benefiting from Working Smarter – the Welsh Government-adopted initiative that resulted in 74 recommendations aimed at helping Welsh farming prosper.
Anti-pylon campaigners battle ‘industrialisation’ of rural Wales
The gentle green of Powys is the least densely populated corner of Wales, uncluttered by anything other than small farms, a landscape that has remained unchanged for centuries. This week the National Grid will announce a new substation and its …
A third of Welsh children have never heard of organic food
It found that, overall, almost a third of Welsh children were unaware of organic food and only half could identify any characteristics of food produced using organic farming and production methods. The study found that awareness of organic food was …
GM crop scientists win $10m grant from the Gates Foundation
A team of British plant scientists has won a $10m (£6.4m) grant from the Gates Foundation to develop GM cereal crops.
Potato, Bacon and Leek Soup
It’s extremely cold here in the UK at the moment (coldest winter for over 30 years apparently), so what better way to warm yourself up than to have a lovely bowl of homemade soup!
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