THREE sites in Wales have been selected for a research project looking into the use of organic fertilisers. The three-year project aims to give farmers knowledge on using products such as quality compost and, for the first time, anaerobic digestate …
What’s the best ‘eco-educational’ holiday I can take?
A farm walk at an organic farm in the Llanthony Valley Vale of Ewyas Monmouthshire, Wales. Photograph: Jeff Morgan/Alamy I have been endlessly looking for an environmentally educational holiday and was wondering if you might be able to help me out. …
WAG is listening on Glastir scheme, say Welsh landowners
There would also be a new approach to the organic scheme, with continued support offered to organic farmers. But she added that CLA Wales had been disappointed by some measures, such as the exclusion of boundaries. She hoped the promise that WAG would …
Caernarfon waste business boss convicted of illegal dumping
A total of 28 trial pits had been dug and brick, tile, glass, plastic, paper, wood, metal, organic material, plaster, masonry and soil had been found there. It was alleged that methane gas was being created. It was the prosecution case that most, …
Welsh farm goes carbon neutral
A pioneering organic vegetable farm has become one of the first carbon neutral farms in Wales following the installation of solar PV panels on a barn roof. The family-run Blaencamel Farm, at Aberaeron, in the Aeron Valley of West Wales, is now able to …
Low payments regime threatens future of organic farming in Wales
THE future of organic farming in Wales is “hanging in the balance” because of inadequate agri-environment payments, the Soil Association has claimed. It said organic farmers in England will get more than double the …
Small is beautiful for go-ahead Alice in her farming wonderland
Ms Holden is an organic farmer who grows all the produce at Fforest, a small farm and eco-camp in Cardigan Bay that hosts the annual Do Lectures….
New £1.4m brand pledges to keep Welsh milk inWales
As the leading organic milk co-operative in Wales, Calon Wen is wary of compromising its original brand with a conventional milk product….
Rise in milk price brings some cheer for farmers
At Asney Park Farm, the Done family milk 150 cows and switched to organic 18 months go because of their growing dislike of the toll maximising production…
Organic food fights back with new campaign, apparently
Match-funded by the EU, the Welsh Assembly Government is among the campaign’s backers along with a number of organic companies in Wales…
