Organic Food, Drink, Holidays, Cooking and Lifestyle Information for Wales
MEMBERS of a community growing scheme reaped the fruits of their labour when they harvested produce from their shared gardens.
Despite not having the best growing conditions, members of FlintShare successfully grew tomatoes, cabbages, cucumbers, potatoes, winter squash, apples, chilli peppers, bell peppers and more in their community gardens across the county.
Manufacturing companies happy to start up in cityThis is South WalesMs Ashburner also founded organic toys and blanket business Noo Noo, which originally started manufacturing in Vietnam until production was brought back to Swansea. She said: "I b…
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.
On the second day of his summer tour of Wales, he was shown how horses worked in confined sensitive oak woodland on his 198-acre estate at Llwynywermod in Carmarthenshire, and urged those in the forestry sector to make use of horse loggers. The Prince …
Farmers are also counting cost – especially the new breed of organic farmers who are unable to use conventional pesticides. Phil Thomas, of Linscombe Farm organics, near Exeter, Devon, has been particularly badly hit. The carrots and aubergines he …
THE owners of an award-winning organic vineyard scooped six more awards at an international wine competition. The family-run Ancre Hill Vineyard, Monmouth, has won international acclaim for its wine, most recently at the International Wine and Spirit …
Britain has sizeable resources of shale gas underneath the Pennines, some of the home counties and parts of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, meaning it could be a cheaper alternative to importing fossil fuels.
The business has always had a strong ecological ethos and its clothing is made from organic cotton. In 2007 Howies was named the ninth coolest brand in the UK. It has a shop in Cardigan and use to have a store in London’s Carnaby Street.
All the usual producers will be there including North Wales Buffalo, JH Jones of Ledsham, Bryn Cocyn Organic Farm, Mold Country Markets, and Derimon Smokery. During the pre-Christmas markets in Mold customers were invited to enter a prize draw and …
Wales-based Organic yoghurt producer Rachel’s Dairy has written off almost £1m of its value after a major supermarket stopped selling some of its products. The move, revealed in recently published accounts comes months …
