Posted April 11th, 2012
Not so many years ago most farm businesses would not have felt broadband connectivity to be the necessity it is today. But as the world has rapidly moved online, internet access has failed to keep pace in rural areas. While city dwellers are now relishing the prospect of 100Mbit connection speeds (and even beyond) with…
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Posted March 30th, 2012
There may have been some popping of corks in organic vineyards across the EU with the announcement that they can now create a product actually called ‘organic wine’. Eagle-eyed people looking for a certified product before now might have noticed that the only reference on the label was that the wine was ‘made from organically…
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Posted February 1st, 2012
As of December 31st, 2011, all core funding for Organic Centre Wales has ceased. This news came as a very unwelcome blow to all involved in the sector and throws up an awful lot of questions around the future of support for organic food and farming in Wales. OCW has long been involved in many,…
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Posted October 6th, 2011
Next week (October 13, to be precise) sees the third annual running of our Selling Organic series of conferences at which we bring together some of the sector’s greatest minds to share their expertise and examine the state of the market. We’re really pleased with this year’s line-up of speakers, which has some fresh faces…
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Posted August 17th, 2011
Statistics; love them or loathe them, we’re stuck with them. In fact, we lap them up and bandy them around every day in one way or another. Yet we can also be quick to dismiss them if they don’t fit a particular argument. Many a wag through history has come up with a cutting and…
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Posted August 11th, 2011
Today has seen the publication of the latest statistics on organic production in the UK. We’ve literally just received them, so they bear more examination, but we’ve picked out the key figures to give you a quick, early overview.
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Posted August 11th, 2011
As the Government releases the latest UK statistics on organic food and farming a leading sector body has criticised the delay in sharing key market data which it says is stifling business planning. The outcry from Organic Farmers & Growers (OF&G) comes as Defra released the 2010 figures for organic farming – in August 2011….
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Posted July 7th, 2011
It’s a big day for us; National Organic Cereals occupies a great deal of our time and attention throughout each year, all to ensure that it runs smoothly on the day. Today is that day – and so far, so good.
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Posted July 6th, 2011
It’s that time of the year again when we meet up with friends, acquaintances and the movers and shakers of the organic arable world.
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Posted February 16th, 2011
If that’s your first reaction when someone asks if you have a Facebook account, now might be the time to re-educate yourself.
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