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theguardian.com - Sam Wollaston - Wildings in Newport, Wales: the grand department store that became an illicit cannabis farm
Wildings in Newport, Wales: the grand department store that became an illicit cannabis farm
The Guardian

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…

independent.co.uk - Jane Dalton - Ammonia air pollution hot spots found in parts of UK with most factory farms
Ammonia air pollution hot spots found in parts of UK with most factory farms
The Independent

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…

theguardian.com - Sandra Laville - Ammonia pollution hotspots found in areas of UK with most pig and poultry factory farms
Ammonia pollution hotspots found in areas of UK with most pig and poultry factory farms
The Guardian

Ammonia pollution hotspots have been identified in areas with some of the greatest numbers of intensive pig and poultry farms in Britain, research has revealed. A new map for the first time reveals the most severe concentrations of ammonia…

hotair.com - Beege Welborn - Without Warning, We Are This Much Closer to a Nightmare Wind Farm 'What If?
Without Warning, We Are This Much Closer to a Nightmare Wind Farm 'What If?
HotAir

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…

upi.com - South Korea moves to stabilize farm supplies amid price risks
South Korea moves to stabilize farm supplies amid price risks
UPI

April 15 (Asia Today) -- South Korea has secured stable supplies of agricultural fertilizer through July and is expanding subsidies to offset rising costs of fuel and farming materials amid global market uncertainty. The Ministry of Agriculture…

prweb.com - SecondBloom Auctions - SecondBloom Auctions Launches 500+ Lot Online Liquidation of Eden Green Technology Vertical Farming Facility in Cleburne, Texas
SecondBloom Auctions Launches 500+ Lot Online Liquidation of Eden Green Technology Vertical Farming Facility in Cleburne, Texas
PRWeb

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…

agriland.co.uk - Conor Galligan - NFU urges candidates to back farming ahead of local elections
NFU urges candidates to back farming ahead of local elections
Agriland.co.uk

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…

examinerlive.co.uk - Elizabeth Mackley, Joe Willis,  Local Democracy Reporter - Yorkshire village to be 'surrounded' by solar farms as latest plan greenlit
Yorkshire village to be 'surrounded' by solar farms as latest plan greenlit
Yorkshire Live

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…

cbsnews.com - Juli  McDonald - 'Incredibly disheartening': Vandals target Massachusetts farm growing food for people in need
'Incredibly disheartening': Vandals target Massachusetts farm growing food for people in need
CBS News

Vandals targeted a non-profit farm in Ipswich, Massachusetts that grows food for people in need. 'Tuesday morning our farm crew got to work,' said Liz Green of Three Sisters Garden Project. 'It was incredibly disheartening to come in and see that.'…

thefederalist.com - John Klar - The Iran War Threatens To Pull Plug On US Farming's Life Support
The Iran War Threatens To Pull Plug On US Farming's Life Support
The Federalist: Religion, Politics, and Culture

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…

examinerlive.co.uk - Elizabeth Mackley, Andrew Spence,  Local Democracy Reporter - Plans to build solar farm to power 160k homes near Yorkshire market town
Plans to build solar farm to power 160k homes near Yorkshire market town
Yorkshire Live

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…

agriland.co.uk - Conor Galligan - UK farm data system aims to reduce administrative tasks - AHDB
UK farm data system aims to reduce administrative tasks - AHDB
Agriland.co.uk

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…

examinerlive.co.uk - Elizabeth Mackley, Joe Willis,  Local Democracy Reporter - Neighbours unaware of inaccessible plans for massive solar farm on doorstep
Neighbours unaware of inaccessible plans for massive solar farm on doorstep
Yorkshire Live

Campaigners have expressed alarm that residents and businesses remain largely uninformed about a massive solar development planned for the North Yorkshire countryside. Representatives from the Rooftops Not Countryside campaign group say it as…

kirklandreporter.com - none - Sheep shearing festival at Kelsey Creek Farm | Meanderings by Mindy Stern
Sheep shearing festival at Kelsey Creek Farm | Meanderings by Mindy Stern
Kirkland Reporter

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…

agriland.co.uk - Richard Halleron - First UK Dairy Carbon Network farm walk in Northern Ireland hosted in Down
First UK Dairy Carbon Network farm walk in Northern Ireland hosted in Down
Agriland.co.uk

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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