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Wildings in Newport, Wales: the grand department store that became an illicit cannabis farm
I'm standing outside a lift in a department store in Newport, Wales, looking at the sign, wondering where to go. Stay on the ground floor for shoes, giftware and presents, ladies' accessories and Estée Lauder? Or up to the first floor for…
Ammonia air pollution hot spots found in parts of UK with most factory farms
Parts of the UK with the most large-scale intensive farms are ammonia air pollution hot spots, new research suggests. Air pollution from manure spread on fields is worst in Norfolk, Lincolnshire and Herefordshire – which have the most…
Plate to paddock': Braidwood farms turns festival waste into fertiliser
Truckloads of plates, forks and food waste from the National Folk Festival are being turned into fertiliser on a Braidwood farm in order to divert tonnes of organic waste from landfill. It looks suspiciously like illegal dumping, but within a year…
Without Warning, We Are This Much Closer to a Nightmare Wind Farm 'What If?
You know - that once-in-a-million, never gonna happen, IGNORE THE DENIERS AND SKEPTICS scenario? Several things have happened and flown under the radar during the past week in the wind farm industry that bear serious watching. Actually, not just…
SecondBloom Auctions Launches 500+ Lot Online Liquidation of Eden Green Technology Vertical Farming Facility in Cleburne, Texas
This Phase 1 auction represents one of the largest controlled environment agriculture (CEA) equipment liquidations in the U.S. this year, and offers commercial growers, indoor farming startups, equipment dealers, and infrastructure buyers a rare…
NFU urges candidates to back farming ahead of local elections
Candidates standing in next month's local elections have a big part to play in helping to shape the future of British farming, according to the National Farmers' Union (NFU). With voters in England set to go to the polls on May 7, the NFU believes…
Yorkshire village to be 'surrounded' by solar farms as latest plan greenlit
Councillors have granted permission for a solar farm in North Yorkshire - despite worries that a village risks being 'surrounded' by green energy projects. Members of North Yorkshire Council's strategic planning committee have greenlit proposals…
Hard to accept' Cornwall 22-field solar farm after rejection overturned
CornwallLive readers have reacted with disappointment after a planning inspector overturned Cornwall Council 's refusal of a controversial 22 field solar farm near Hayle. The application, brought by Speedwell Solar Farm Ltd, a subsidiary of…
For Some Reason, Elon Musk Is Weighing In on 'Animal Farm' and Predictably Missing the Point
Tech bro libertarians aren't known for their media literacy. And famous friend of Jeffrey Epstein Elon Musk proves that point regularly. His latest misstep into culture comes alongside a usual rallying point of his: everything is too woke and left…
The Iran War Threatens To Pull Plug On US Farming's Life Support
As the price of oil soars and bombs strike Middle East oil and natural gas facilities, memories of the OPEC oil embargo of the 1970s resurface for many Americans. That crisis was resolved by simply turning the oil spigots back on; this conflict…
Plans to build solar farm to power 160k homes near Yorkshire market town
Plans to build a solar farm big enough to power 160,000 homes have been proposed for land near a Yorkshire market town. The planned 'Clean Air Solar Farm' represents a revised version of the Kingfisher Solar Farm, which was first revealed in…
UK farm data system aims to reduce administrative tasks - AHDB
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has described its Farm Data Exchange system as both “technically viable and strongly supported across the industry”, as the pilot programme draws to an end. AHDB ran a…
Local farms win grand awards for agritourism
Local leisure agriculture operators won at the World Agri Tourism Awards this year, reflecting Taiwan's commitment to promoting rural regeneration and agritourism internationalization, the Agency of Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation…
Sheep shearing festival at Kelsey Creek Farm | Meanderings by Mindy Stern
Once upon a time, Bellevue, Washington, was heavily wooded, and timber logging was one of its earliest industries. Logging continued until the 1920s, when farming began. In 1921, 190 stump-covered acres in the Wilburton area were purchased by the…
First UK Dairy Carbon Network farm walk in Northern Ireland hosted in Down
AgriSearch hosted the first UK Dairy Carbon Network (UK-DCN) farm walk to be held in Northern Ireland earlier this week. The event took place on the farm of the Williamson family, who milk 90 Holstein cows close to the Co. Down village of Scarva.
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