LEAF calls on farmers to help educate tomorrow’s consumers
Following the success of Open Farm School Days last year, campaign organiser LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming), is encouraging farmers to invite schools onto their farms to enable pupils to gain a better understanding of where their food comes from and the vital work farmers do to manage the countryside. Open Farm School Days is […]
Unhatched Easter chicks go shell-to-shell as NOW TV launches live stream hatch-a-long
UPDATE: The chick representing the Lannisters hatched first to #CrackTheThrone. As the nation gets set for Easter five unhatched chicks are today going shell-to-shell in an egg-citing scramble to “predict” which House will poach the Iron Throne in Season 5 of Game of Thrones. Created just for yolks, the eggs-periment will be streamed live by […]
China-UK dialogue on science, policy and food security
In order to ensure food security for its sizeable population, China needs to find ways of overcoming pressing environmental challenges and developing a science to policy interface. That was the key message of the China-UK Summit for Environmental Science to Policy Roundtable held last month in Beijing, featuring leading Chinese and UK scientists. Researchers from […]
Statement on IARC Review of Pesticides
The Lancet Oncology recently published conclusions from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) that found five pesticides to be “possibly” or “probably” carcinogenic to humans. The following is a statement from ECPA Director General Jean-Charles Bocquet: “The IARC conclusions published in Lancet Oncology contradict the world’s most robust and stringent regulatory systems – namely […]
RUMA welcomes new member
RUMA is pleased to announce that the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) has joined the Alliance. In welcoming the SSPO, RUMA Secretary General John FitzGerald said “RUMA’s strength is the breadth of interest covered by its members and this has been increased by the addition of the Scottish Salmon Producers who will be able to […]
Saltire Foundation looks for next generation of Scottish business leaders in Food & Drink sector
Scotland’s hugely successful Food & Drink sector is being targeted by the Saltire Foundation, the world-class entrepreneurial leadership programme and the philanthropic arm of Entrepreneurial Scotland, as it once again recruits the business talent of the future. The sector, which employs some 360,000 people across the supply chain, is on track to meet its latest […]
Finalists announced for the 15th BBC Food & Farming Awards
The BBC has announced the finalists for the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2015. In this 15th anniversary year, the final shortlist brings together some of the most interesting, dedicated and passionate people and organisations from around the UK who are changing food for the better. The finalists include street food cooks in London reviving […]
Watts Farms have a fresh new look for IFE 2015
600 hectares of the Kent and Essex country side is filled with the freshest, finest produce that Britain can provide. Watts Farms are passionate family farmers who supply over 500 restaurants and hotels across the UK, with top quality produce from the huge selection of crops they grow on their eight farms. Growing their own […]
Sales of utility ATVs & Side by Sides rose by 10.2% in 2014
The number of All Terrain Vehicles and Side by Side vehicles recorded by the AEA ATV/Quad Group increased by 10.2% in 2014 to 10,763 units. (The machines covered in this enquiry are those of a type sold mainly into agriculture and do not cover leisure or sports units). Group Chairman, Phil Everett of Polaris Britain […]
