AEG sponsors Taste of London 2012
On 21-24 June 2012 in Regents Park, the world’s culinary greats will take to the stage, share their secrets and show off their skills with a host of epic demonstrations on AEG’s latest appliances. Premium home appliance brand, AEG will be supplying their beautifully designed ‘Neue Kollektion’ to many features at Taste of London, showcasing […]
Potential disruption to Beef Expo visitors
People travelling to NBA Beef Expo on May 24th should be aware that the Olympic Torch is passing through the Gloucestershire/Worcestershire area on the same day. This is not expected to cause major problems, but visitors (particularly those travelling from the South) may wish to check the route of the torch. Event organisers recommend that […]
HGCA Monitor Farm Launches Super Sausage after proving a success
George and Andrew Booth of Savock Farm put together the Super Sausage which is made of locally sourced pork, oatmeal and honey for HGCA’s Farmhouse Breakfast Week in January – but it was such a success that they decided to officially stock it in their shop. Andrew said: “We originally put together the Super Sausage […]
Horse power the focus of new UK attraction at East of England Show
The British Festival of the Working Horse is the first event of its kind in Britain, and will be premiered at the regional family event on July 6, 7 and 8. HRH The Prince of Wales is a patron of the festival, and visitors to the Show at Peterborough’s East of England Showground can expect […]
Technology award for Farmex
Reading-based Farmex scooped the Award for Innovation for their system of data gathering and analysis and the judges were impressed by the projected 30 per cent improvement in productivity. “Use of innovated data analysis, ICT (Information Communication Technology) systems and the cloud data storage will hopefully encourage producers to adopt and exploit the technology,” they […]
Beef Expo to be halted by growing popularity of Question Time
Due to growing popularity, the 2012 Question Time panel will take over the main ring at Beef Expo on May 24th, held at the Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire, and sponsored by Lloyds TSB Agriculture. Last year’s Question Time pulled in such a crowd the show’s seminar marquee was overrun with visitors wanting to question […]
Red Tractor farmers feed the Olympics
Following recognition of the Red Tractor Assurance Scheme as an integral part of LOCOG’s Food Vision for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games, Red Tractor is launching ‘Team RT’, a UK wide initiative to showcase how food makes its way from Red Tractor farms to the Olympics. Team RT is a five-day, UK-wide initiative aimed […]
Young farmers will be cooking up a storm for Great British Food at London 2012
The idea is to help celebrate the best of the country’s locally grown and sustainable produce, cooked by young farmers. The ‘Great British Food for Great British Athletes’ initiative will see the members of Young Farmers’ Clubs showcasing local British produce at cookery demonstrations and events during the Olympic Torch Relay. From Windermere to Newham, […]
BWMB offers YFC members the chance to learn more about wool at Torquay AGM
Representatives of BWMB will be present at the NFYFC’s Agricultural and Rural Affairs Forum on Saturday 28 April to provide information on BWMB’s work, the Campaign for Wool and details of the training courses BWMB offers. Although sheep farmers sell their wool through BWMB many do not know what happens to their wool once it […]
