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SAO - Organic values on a budgetThis year’s Soil Association Organic Fortnight (5-20 September 2009) will focus on why organic products offer great value for both your wall...
SA responds to FSA Organic ReviewSoil Association response to the Food Standards Agency's Organic Review
More ...10/08/2009
SAO - Organic values on a budgetThis year’s Soil Association Organic Fortnight (5-20 September 2009) will focus on why organic products offer great value for both your wallet and for the planet.
More ...10/08/2009
Tackling Climate Change - Training for Scottish FarmersMinister for Environment Roseanna Cunningham today launched a new programme to help agricultural businesses prepare for the impacts of climate change.
More ...27/04/2009
Campaigners Urge Gordon Brown to Take ActionCampaigners urge Gordon Brown to take action over 'irresponsible use of antibiotics in the agricultural sector'. Soil Association director Patrick Holden and Compassion in World Farming director Philip Lymbery have written to the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, urging him to recognise the importance of statements made in the recent Chief Medical Officer's report, on the problem of antimicrobial resistance being transferred from farm animals to humans.
More ...20/04/2009
Soil Association agrees no change on organic animal feed standardsFollowing a thorough and wide-ranging consultation, which looked at whether any changes are justified to organic animal feed standards in the current recession, the Soil Association’s independent standards board has decided against making any changes. All food certified by the Soil Association and sold as organic will continue to be produced under full organic standards.
More ...26/03/2009
Demand for Organic FarmingDespite the world's economic downturn, it seems the demand for organic food will keep on growing, creating opportunities for poor farmers in developing coutries, according to the United Nations.
More ...18/02/2009
Manure to power two million homesDEFRA is launching an initiative to help agriculture and other sectors meet targets for producing energy from anaerobic digestion, the breakdown of organic material without oxygen.
More ...05/02/2009