Please help the Farm Terrace Community Association to save Farm Terrace Allotments, Watford, and help to protect all allotment sites from future development. Did you know that, due to the relaxation in planning laws, an increasing number of allotment sites in the UK are being sold off by Local Authorities or Parish & Town Councils for redevelopment? …
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Don’t Let Fruit & Veg Go to Waste this Autumn
Don’t Let Fruit & Veg Go to Waste this Autumn The Recycle for Essex team have produced a fantastic new recipe card to help residents make the most of leftover fruit and veg this autumn. The recipe for ‘Glutney’ is perfect
The Gleaning Network UK
On Monday 16th September I made an early start to travel to a gleaning in Sussex, Maynard’s Farm, 22 acres of mostly apples and plums. Volunteers ‘gleaned’ by hand 2,500kg of apples and plums! In July, volunteer gleaners went to a farm near Colchester; on that day we gleaned over 2,400 pounds by hand of …
International threats and opportunities of climate change for the UK
This report by PwC for DEFRA is timely: – http://www.pwc.co.uk/sustainability-climate-change/publications/international-threats-and-opportunities-of-climate-change-to-the-uk.jhtml
Precautionary Principle and Scientific Uncertainty
(Notes from a presentation to SEEOG, by Dr. Keith Tyrell, Director of Pesticide Action Network UK – May 2013) There will always be questions in science. Policy makers cannot wait until there is 100% certainty, because there will never be 100% certainty. The case of DDT showed that policy had to move in the absence of …
UK Bee Insecticide Study Flawed, says EU Food Agency
Field study cited by British government as evidence that neonicotinoids cause little harm to bees has ‘several weaknesses’, says European Food Safety Authority The trump card waved by the UK government in its doomed opposition to the Europe-wide suspension of three bee-harming pesticides has been confirmed as nothing more than a joker. Full story: The Guardian (5 …
‘Cheese is from Plants’ – Study Reveals Child Confusion
Almost a third of UK primary pupils think cheese is made from plants and a quarter think fish fingers come from chicken or pigs, suggests a survey. Nearly one in 10 secondary pupils thinks tomatoes grow under ground, according to the poll for the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF). The charity says the figures prove the need …
ENDS DAILY 13/5/13: Environment at risk if UK leaves the EU and joins the EEA
Environment at risk if UK joins the EEA – paper The UK could see a major weakening of environmental protections if it leaves the EU to join the European Economic Area (EEA), according to a paper commissioned by NGO Friends of the Earth. The member state would no longer have to comply with some “of …
Safeguard our Soils, Mr. Pickles! – You can read the full text here……
Safeguard our Soils, Mr. Pickles! http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Safeguard_our_Soils_Mr_Pickles/?launch Why is agricultural land, described in one planning application as ‘a mixture of 80% Grade 2 (very good quality) and 20% Subgrade 3b (good quality)’, being developed? We need change before any more agricultural land is offered to/bought up by developers. Who can make this happen? Secretary of State …
Citizens concerned about GM
QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ASKED ABOUT GM Citizens Concerned about GM is a group of people who want a more balanced debate about GM; who want questions asked and answered; and an open, transparent discussion which is not dominated by the interests of multinational corporations. They are asking as many people who are concerned about GM, …