Forget what you’ve heard about sheep and male voice choirs, says Hannah Corr. There’s a whole lot more to Wales than that
… The eco travel guide to Wales Hannah Corr | 13th October 2011 Ethical Living Wales Travel National Parks UK Britain Food … says Hannah Corr. There’s a whole lot more to Wales than that From gentle rolling hills to …
In an exclusive interview Welsh environment minister Jane Davidson tells Tom Levitt why she won't be opposing new nuclear power or selling off any forests... and why she wants to end Westminister's control over renewable energy
… Jane Davidson: Westminster is holding back Wales's renewable energy ambitions Tom Levitt | 7th February 2011 Comment Renewable Wales Politics And Economics Wind Nuclear … control over renewable energy Tom Levitt: Wales has achieved fantastic rates of …
Welsh environment secretary Jane Davidson says approval for renewable power projects is being unnecessarily delayed, and indicates Welsh Assembly would support a replacement nuclear facility at Anglesey
… | 7th February 2011 News Renewable Wind Wales Marine Politics And Economics Energy News windpoweroffshore.jpg Wales plans to double the amount of … a replacement nuclear facility at Anglesey Wales's ambitions to become fossil-fuel free …
A consultation by the Welsh Assembly Government proposes more stringent measures to protect Wales's farmers from the threat of cross-contamination by GM crops
… Wales consults on tighter GM contamination … Investigations Food And Farming Green Living Wales Welsh Assembly Gm Crops Contamination … proposes more stringent measures to protect Wales's farmers from the threat of …
England is about to extend its badger cull policy to five new areas of the country, proving that only that science is a dead letter to May's conservative government as it was to Cameron's. While bovine TB infections in cattle rise in the existing cull areas, Wales has just achieved a cull-free 14% reduction.
… Science Politics Health Food Farming England Wales UK badger-cut.jpg England is about to … in cattle rise in the existing cull areas, Wales has just achieved a cull-free 14% … being successfully controlled in Scotland and Wales without culling, relying instead on …
It's a hard life being an organic farmer, writes Alicia Miller - and specially when it comes to engaging with a bureaucracy that's trying to 'green' our agriculture. Should small scale farmers change their farming practices to fit in with it? Or the other way round?
… | 16th June 2015 Comment Farming Food UK EU Wales Organic Green Economy parsnips-cut.jpg … and I stood in one of our fields in West Wales guesstimating how much of it was in … , an organic horticulture farm in West Wales, with her partner Nathan Richards. Born …
Do wind turbines provide an affordable means of harnessing a limitless source of clean power, or are they inefficient blots on the landscape that devastate birdlife and are more likely to exacerbate than reduce CO2 emissions?
… the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales, the Association for the Protection of … and Bears Down in the southwest, throughout Wales and Scotland, East Anglia and the north, … landscapes that attract tourists. Parts of Wales, Scotland, Cumbria and Cornwall are …
As hundreds of British dairy farmers are forced out of business by milk prices well below production cost, writes Patrick Holden, it's time for a 'fair trade' British milk label that guarantees a fair price to smaller scale farmers operating to good environmental and animal welfare standards.
… the backbone of rural culture in England, Wales and Scotland) that are being forced out … total number of dairy farms in England and Wales dropped below 10,000 for the first time … At the time of writing this, the West Wales farmers co-op that supplies organic milk …
The UK government's insistence of pursuing fracking is based on a flawed and utterly misinformed vision of our future, write Alex Russell and Peter Strachan. Rather than delivering the prosperity they promise, large scale fracking would cause massive pollution of air and water, undermine vital export industries, and leave us with an irretrievably damaged economy and natural environment.
… Fracking Fossil Fuels Pollution UK England Wales Scotland Water Health Food ineos-cut.jpg … apart the onshore shale beds of England, Wales and Scotland. US experience tell us: 5% … raft of cogently argued reasons, Scotland and Wales have boldly imposed moratoriums on …
This is Seed Week 2019 in the UK and Ireland- an opportunity to celebrate the farmers, gardeners.
… Llafyr Ni (Our Cereals), a group formed with Wales Regional Coordinator Katie Hastings and … oat was a great loss to the biodiversity in Wales that has now been reinstated.” Seed Week … such as: Vital Seeds , Devon. Real Seeds , Wales. Irish Seed Savers , County Clare. Brown …
The community of Machynlleth has gone beyond just investing in someone else’s wind turbine. They’ve clubbed together and planned, built and paid for one of their own.
… A Difference Community Community Action Wales Wind Turbines Wind Community Carbon … can be found in the Dyfi Valley in mid-Wales. There, on the edge of Snowdonia …
As falling milk prices push dairy farm out of business, new mega-dairies and feedlot operations of 700 or more cows are filling the void, writes Andrew Wasley. Never mind the pollution, slurry lagoons, and heavy plant on country lanes - do we want the cows that produce our milk confined to sheds? And what's the future for traditional dairy farmers with small, well cared for herds?
… of such farms operating across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, … now stands at less than 10,000 in England and Wales with an average of one leaving the … facilities has not been without problems. In Wales, Cwrt Malle Farm, near the village of …
Britain could become a ‘carbon-free’ country in just twenty years, according to a new report published by the Wales-based Centre for Alternative Technology.
… according to a new report published by the Wales-based Centre for Alternative Technology. …
The effect of wind and solar generation in the UK is to push down wholesale power prices, writes Oliver Tickell, taking over £1.5 billion off our bills in 2014 - that's 58% of the subsidies paid to renewable generators. Keep it up and the benefit will rise to over 100% of cost.
… Economics Wind Solar UK wind-turbine-erected-wales-cut.jpg The effect of wind and solar …
Leading environmental campaigner and author George Monbiot has said that he believes land-based wind farms in the UK 'have reached saturation point', and that any future farms should be built at sea.
… or local controversy, Monbiot noted that Wales in particular was rich in sources of …
There's no such thing as 'healthy food' if it's not produced by sustainable farming systems on living soils, Patrick Holden told the recent 'Food: The Forgotten Medicine' conference. But after 70 years of industrial farming, there's a huge job to be done to restore our depleted soils and the impoverished genetic diversity of our seeds and crops.
… who has been farming sustainably in West Wales for the last 40 years, I would add the …
Thanks to the windy, sunny weather conditions on Saturday, the UK's output of renewable power reached an all-time record level of 43%, writes Chris Goodall. At the same time power from coal reached a low of just 7%, it what may be a record low contribution.
… from the UK's storage reservoirs in North Wales and Scotland. The glut of wind and solar …
The True Cost Accounting in Food and Farming conference was remarkable - star speakers ... fine food, drink and music ... even an impromptu Panto performance. In short, writes Sharon Garfinkel, it was an inspiration to all who attended.
… filmed message from HRH The Prince of Wales where he spoke of the "economic …
Halal ritual slaughter has raised huge controversy in the UK press, writes Alicia Miller. But the far greater issue is farm animals' entire quality of life - as reflected in the Qu'ranic principle that meat must be 'tayyib' - good, wholesome and from well-treated, healthy animals. Is this something we can all agree on?
… , an organic horticulture farm in West Wales, with her partner Nathan Richards. Born … home but loves her life in the wild west of Wales. She works as a freelance writer and …
The findings of a strategic environmental assessment open the way for an increase in the number of offshore wind farms, which could produce enough energy to power every household in the UK
… in the territorial waters of England and Wales and the UK Renewable Energy Zone, in …
Following a disgraceful EU stitch-up, the European Parliament today passed a law permitting EU-wide GMO crop cultivation. With regulation and safeguards devolved to member states, and only limited 'opt-out' rights, it is a recipe for chaos that GM corporations will ruthlessly exploit.
… to give the go-ahead to more authorisations." Wales and Scotland have welcomed the …
Lord Krebs, self-appointed spokesman for industrial agriculture, used the Oxford Farming Conference to attack organic systems for causing more climate change - a claim as demonstrably false as it is ludicrous, writes Peter Melchett. But across the city, the upstart 'real farming' conference was showing the way to a cleaner, greener and healthier future.
… is already devolved to Scotland and Wales, and that both those countries remain …