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The Campaign to Protect Rural England has outlined its vision for the future of agriculture after the UK leaves the European Union in a paper titled New Model Farming. They suggest that currently too much money is given to large-scale farms and assisting smaller more diverse farms would help the countryside and rural communities says the (CPRE).
Farmers currently r...
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Tesco and other supermarkets using fake farm brands have received complaints from the NFU. It is claimed that the fictitious brands mislead consumers because they believe they are in fact buying UK farmed produce.
The NFU lodged complaints with Trading Standards over the misleading use of farm names. Tesco’s were called out in particular owing to them introdu...
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Jess’s Ladies Organic Farm Milk Dairy in Hardwicke has won an incredible 15 stars at Great Taste Awards 2016.
Jess’s family have been farming at Hardwicke Farm in Gloucestershire for three generations. They have a herd of 80 organic cows that they know all the names of and milk by hand themselves everyday. The milk is as natural as it comes, they...
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A wholesaler has been found guilty and subsequently fined £8000 for supplying goat meat which turned out to be sheep. Eight out of 11 DNA samples of what was described as goat were found to actually be sheep meat. The Trading Standards inspectors involved in the case went undercover after a tip off from a customer who believed that the goat meat he had bought was actually...
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The Soil Association expects the organic market to exceed £2bn with a boost from its Organic September campaign reports FG Insight. Growth of organic sales through supermarkets in the 52 weeks to June 18 increased over five per cent (Nielsen Data).
Growth continued through the first half of 2016 and is now 5.2 per cent compared to 3.2 per cent at the en...
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We are delighted to announce that we have signed up our first drinks producer to the Happerley network. Dunkertons Cider are a Soil Association certified organic producer currently based in Pembridge, Herefordshire relocating to Gloucestershire in September.
Dunkertons Cider have been making organic cider and perry since 1980. The business was started by Ivor and S...
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Real People, Real Food, Real Scilly - Welcome to St Mary’s Hall Hotel where service and attention to detail are key. Based around an elegant town house, originally built by Count Leon de Ferrari and surrounded by beautiful Mediterranean gardens, St Mary’s Hall Hotel offers contemporary style and comfort in a traditional setting.
Situated just 2 minutes from...
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Keen and enthusiastic youngsters with an interest in sheep will have the opportunity to compete and demonstrate their skills in the Young Shepherd of the Year competition at NSA ScotSheep this year, Wednesday 1st June at Blythbank Farm, West Linton Peeblesshire, EH46 7DF.
The competition is open to those who have left school and are aged 26 or under, and entrants from all ma...
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The countdown to the Food Made Good Awards 2016 continues with nominations for the People’s Favourite pouring in. A number of Members have seized the opportunity to remind their customers about the great things they’re doing and are encouraging them to nominate. Remember nominations for this category close this Sunday 7 February, so if you haven’t tw...
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The Soil Association’s 2016 Organic Market Report - launched today, 23 February - reveals that the organic market continued steady growth of 4.9% in 2015. This is the third year of consecutive growth for the organic sector in Scotland and across the UK, now worth £1.95 billion. A total of 36% of Scottish independent retailers say sales have increased over the last 1...
