20/11/08
Cornflowers, cowslips and oystercatchers have helped David Hutchinson win Natural England’s prestigious Future of Farming Award, it was announced this week.
19/11/08
Switching to biomass heating as a heat source can offer numerous benefits, from sustainability to reducing costs.
18/11/08
Natural England welcomes today’s publication of the Countryside Survey 2007. The Survey presents a mixed picture of progress in maintaining biodiversity across the UK.
17/11/08
Understanding the impacts of climate change is critical to the future management of the uplands, said Natural England, when hosting a major national conference looking at the environmental future of the English uplands.
01/11/08
Environmental Stewardship is now critical to securing a future for farmland birds, Natural England said this week following the publication of Wild Bird Populations 2007 by Defra.
28/10/08
Some 100 experts from five continents meet today to chart the way to harnessing a large new flow of funding – carbon finance – to agricultural development and to improving the lives of poor farmers the world over.
07/10/08
Biofuel policies and subsidies should be urgently reviewed in order to preserve the goal of world food security, protect poor farmers, promote broad-based rural development and ensure environmental sustainability, says FAO.
17/09/08
As Britain’s largest dairy event opens in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, Natural England today highlighted the important role that Environmental Stewardship schemes have to play in England’s dairy sector.
09/09/08
The latest report into Scotland’s hills and uplands has recognised the critical role that active livestock farming plays in delivering social, economic and environmental benefits into more remote parts of Scotland.
08/09/08
The NBA has reacted with disappointment at the suggestion that meat production puts more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than transport.
08/09/08
Did you know that the carbon foot print attributed to UK agriculture includes not only the CO2 released during production of food but also the CO2 released by its consumption?
31/07/08
Tackling problems such as heat stress and managing livestock in drought or flood conditions are the subjects of a new series of climate change Action for Profit sheets from EBLEX.
24/07/08
Some 100 delegates from 36 countries meeting at FAO today called on farmers to join the ongoing “Greener” revolution represented by a form of farming known as Conservation Agriculture.
24/07/08
The TFA has said it is unacceptable that English livestock farmers should be saddled with the full costs of having to install new slurry storage capacity on their farms.
03/07/08
The comprehensive study of 200 farms comes at a time when the agricultural industry is increasingly aware it must take steps to reduce its carbon footprint, particularly emissions of nitrous oxide and methane.
02/07/08
Land degradation is intensifying in many parts of the world, according to a study using data taken over a 20-year period, FAO announced this week.
12/06/08
The key to long-term, cost effective flood prevention could be held in England's National Parks and farmland landscapes, says Natural England, one year on from last year’s summer floods.
29/05/08
Yorkshire Agricultural Society staff were celebrating recently when the Society was awarded the Green Business of the Year Award at the Yorkshire Rural Awards.
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