Ice To See You, To See You Ice
Europes largest annual curling competition takes to the ice on Monday 18th January at the Dewars centre in Perth. The Yara Farmers Curling Championship, now in its 27th year, is a firm fixture in the Scottish farming calendar. The championship sees up to 80 teams battle it out over 5 days of intense curling competition. […]
Valcent Vertical Farming Featured At Opening Of Worlds Tallest Building
Valcent Products (OTCBB:VCTZF) presented the VertiCrop(TM) vertical farming system at The Dubai forum: “Architecture for Sustainable Societies” on January 5th 2010. Recognizing their initiatives in demonstrating the practical benefits of vertical farming and its leading role in the development of this technology in supporting sustainable agriculture and food security on a global basis, Valcent was […]
Audi Backed CO2 Project Gets To The Root Of The Problem
Vorsprung durch Technik brand plants 36,000 oak trees to create a CO2 reservoir as part of a wide-reaching efficiency initiative First of a planned series of CO2 storage forestation schemes takes root with Audi help in Germany near the brands Ingolstadt manufacturing facility Numerous efficiency measures already in place for cars and production facilities Audi […]
CLA And Rural Broadband
The CLA said today (Thursday, 7 January) that Lord Mandelson’s commitment to provide 1 billion of investment into next-generation-access broadband through the proposed 50p broadband levy is welcome but does not go far enough. CLA President William Worsley said: “The CLA has been calling for Government investment into the UK’s broadband infrastructure since 2002, and […]
Britains Got Bottle…As Milk Gets Through The Snow And Ice
Milk will keep appearing on shop shelves and on doorsteps the length and breadth of the country, Dairy UK said today. Despite temperatures in parts of the UK dropping as low as -18 degrees Centigrade, cows are still being milked, tankers are managing to collect from farms and the nations favourite dairy foods are getting […]
Worst Wather For Years Brings Out The True Spirit Of The Countryside
Douglas Chalmers, Director CLA North has praised rural communities for working together in the adverse weather conditions currently throwing the countryside into chaos. As well as those who make sure their neighbours are safe, businesses that open their doors at all hours, and the mountain rescue volunteers who provide invaluable back-up for the emergency services, […]
Helen Browning Takes External Affairs Role At National Trust
The National Trust has appointed Helen Browning as its Director of External Affairs. Helen, an organic farmer on 1,350 tenanted acres in Wiltshire, joins the Trust from the Soil Association where she was most recently Policy Advisor. She will take charge of the Trusts external affairs remit, helping ensure that the Trusts work is rooted […]
Go shopping in 3d at The Virtual Farmers Market
Using the latest in 3D games technology, the VFM is a virtual take on the traditional Farmers market that will allow consumers and specialist food & drink producers to interact in a 3D environment without stepping foot outside their front doors. The VFM programme allows the shopper to stroll freely around over 45 market […]
Planning Policy Must Include Economic Value Of Farming
NFU lobbying has resulted in a win for farmers with new planning policy aimed at giving rural areas without access to public transport equal status. Previous planning guidelines said developments in rural areas without access to transport links were not sustainable. Lobbying has also seen the new planning policy statement Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth, […]
