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Shropshire organic farm appeal reaches 700 shareholders
Matt Smith, in Babbinswood and Charlotte Benton, West Midlands An appeal to buy part of an organic farm has reached more than 700 shareholders after overcoming setbacks. The campaign to purchase Babbinswood Farm near Oswestry, Shropshire, started…
Shropshire organic farm appeal reaches 700 shareholders
An appeal to buy part of an organic farm has reached more than 700 shareholders after overcoming setbacks. The campaign to purchase Babbinswood Farm near Oswestry, Shropshire, started in 2024 and had wanted to raise £1.4m to buy the whole…
Village Farms Elects Christopher Woodward as Chairman
Village Farms International announced that Christopher Woodward has been elected as chairman of the company's board of directors for the upcoming year. The cannabis company said Woodward will succeed John McLernon, who has served as the chairman…
Ranscombe Farm Nature Reserve near Strood celebrates anniversary
Phil Harrison South East, Cuxton A Kent nature reserve is marking it's 20th anniversary by holding events and activities and appealing for local people to get involved with the site. Ranscombe Farm Nature Reserve near Strood has become known for…
Maasai women turn drought into income through fodder farming in Tanzania
Monduli, Tanzania – When drought wiped out most of her family's livestock, 30-year-old Nesirkar Loongidong'i, a Maasai mother of four from Selela village in northern Tanzania, found herself with very few options. The dry season had already…
Pesticides and Agriculture: How Organic and Conventional Farms Differ
Many consumers assume that food labeled organic is grown without pesticides. The reality is more nuanced. Organic farmers can and do use pesticides, but the types of pesticides they use, the circumstances under which they use them, and the…
NC lawmakers bring back Farm Act, without raw milk or cancer lawsuit bans
North Carolina lawmakers plan to push through a wide-ranging agricultural bill on Wednesday, a new sign of life for the bill that has laid dormant for the past year after drawing criticism over several provisions that have now been written out of…
Somerset farms to benefit from £50m package flood protection
Somerset's farms and rural communities are soon to be better protected from the “growing threat of flooding” under a new £50 million government package announced by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
Calvert Parks And Rec Requests Additional $1.1 Million For Ward Farm Park From Youth Recreational Opportunities Fund
PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. — Calvert County will provide additional funds for continuing projects at Ward Farm Recreation and Nature Park going into this fiscal year. Calvert's Parks and Recreation Department sought and received approval from the…
'The perfect dress holiday dress': This £18 Asda 'hand-painted' cotton dress looks like a £200 Farm Rio favourite
Supermarket fashion has thrown up another talking point: a £18 cotton dress from George at Asda with a painterly print that many shoppers see as a stand-in for Farm Rio's vivid designs costing well over £200. It taps into the same…
Clarkson's Farm audience blossoms
Source: Expectation/Amazon Prime Video Fifth series of Amazon Prime Video series improves on previous run in first week Up to the minute industry news Agenda-setting interviews with key industry figures Insight into the latest programme…
Driven by Iran war, Thai farm debt crisis deepens in test for Anutin government
BANGKOK – Ahead of Thailand's February general election, politicians often came to court voters like 69-year-old rice farmer Chaon Taiupok in Ayutthaya, about 80km north of the capital, Bangkok. “Once they won and formed the…
'Necessary to ensure banks don't collapse': Devendra Fadnavis defends farm loan waiver conditions
3 min read Mumbai Make us preferred source on Google Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday defended the terms and conditions of the Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar farm loan waiver scheme, saying that they would not hinder eligible…
Farm loan waivers are just a band aid solution
After the massive ₹36,585-crore farm loan waiver announced by the BJP-led government in Maharashtra in June, benefitting 56 lakh farmers, the newly formed Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led government in Tamil Nadu has announced a…
Meet Jeremy Clarkson and partner Lisa's A-list neighbours at 1,000-acre Diddly Squat Farm
The Cotswolds are vying to be the new London, with many A-listers seeking out this gorgeous part of the UK to call home. In 2008, Jeremy Clarkson bought Diddly Squat Farm on the Sarsden estate in Oxfordshire, and by 2021, he invited cameras to…
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