Business is booming for dairy farmers who are adapting to the Covid pandemic by bottling up their profits in vending machines. As supermarkets struggle to meet the demand for dairy, two family-run farms are serving their communities by selling milk fresh from the cow in self-serve dispensing machines. Will Lambourne runs Townsend Farm in Marsh … Read more
Business is booming for dairy farmers who are adapting to the Covid pandemic by bottling up their profits in vending machines. As supermarkets struggle to meet the demand for dairy, two family-run farms have taken to selling milk fresh from the cow in self-serve dispensing machines. Will Lambourne runs Townsend Farm in Marsh Gibbon, near Bicester … Read more
Aldi pledges to spend an extra £3.5billion a year on UK-grown food and drink in major Brexit boost for British farmers The supermarket hopes to help 1,000 small business in Britain with its pledge The chain will support British growers and producers over the next five years Aldi is the UK’s fifth biggest supermarket with … Read more
Sarah Michelle Gellar loads up a cart with fresh produce as she stops by the farmer’s market with a friend By Kelby Vera For Dailymail.com Published: 20:49 GMT, 27 December 2020 | Updated: 20:49 GMT, 27 December 2020 Sarah Michelle Gellar ended her holiday weekend on a practical note. The Buffy, The Vampire Slayer star, … Read more
The shock jock with a heart of gold: Kyle Sandilands’ incredible act of kindness for bushfire-stricken farmers By Jo Scrimshire For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:39 GMT, 18 December 2020 | Updated: 03:39 GMT, 18 December 2020 He’s known for his bawdy sense of humour, but Kyle Sandilands has a heart of gold. The KIIS FM … Read more
For anyone who cares about the countryside, and nature conservation, fixing the mess created by the destructive and wasteful EU system which has governed British agriculture since the 1970s is one of the great opportunities of Brexit. Yesterday, the Government announced its replacement — a seven-year plan with subsidies to encourage farmers to improve ‘the … Read more
Axe falls on taxpayer subsidies to farmers: George Eustice is to confirm that payments will be stopped in post-Brexit shake-up of agriculture Environment Secretary George Eustice will give details on the cuts today The subsidies will be cut from next year and gone altogether by 2028 The National Farmers’ Union warned last night that it … Read more
Boko Haram massacre kills at least 110: Islamist militants behead and slit the throats of Nigerian rice farmers and fishermen and kidnap their wives and daughters after barbaric attack The workers were rounded up and slaughtered by the militants in Borno state Boko Haram has not claimed responsibility but is believed to be behind attack … Read more
Amber Heard heads out with friends for shopping outing at farmers market in LA … just before new restrictions are announced By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 04:45 GMT, 23 November 2020 | Updated: 04:45 GMT, 23 November 2020 Amber Heard was snapped shopping with friends at the Hollywood Farmers’ Market on Sunday. The Aquaman … Read more
Farmers are turning ‘worthless’ woollen fleeces into compost because prices plunged by more than 60% a kilo after export markets closed amid Covid pandemic The value of sheep wool has plummeted in recent years from 87p a kilo to 33p Shepherd Stuart Fletcher, 40, from Stonegate, East Sussex, forced to compost Half of British … Read more