Join Exeter Forest School and Shillingford Organics for their 2014 Family Fun Open Day and celebration of nature on Sunday 20th July 2014. A great day out for all the family!
Explore the farm, meet the growers, play and learn in the Forest School with activities including fire lighting, den building, campfire cooking, natural arts, crafts and so much more.
Enjoy delicious local produce from Shillingford Organics, a BBQ from West Town Farm and vegetarian / vegan delights... mmm tasty!
There will also be loads of entertainment including Morris Dancing, storytelling...
The cream of Devon’s farming world came together last night for the renowned Devon Farm Business Awards. The event saw representatives from all aspects of Devon’s huge farming industry come together at the Devon County Showground at Westpoint, last night in order to celebrate farming excellence. The Blue Riband award, of Devon Farmer of the Year, went to Peter and Di Wastenage of East Budleigh, for their superbly managed, pasture-based dairy farming business, which encompasses four dairy herds and a 1,000 head goat milking enterprise. They also won Dairy Farmer of the Year for their highly...
A Devon farmer has been sentenced to 100 hours of unpaid work having pleaded guilty to 18 animal welfare offences including failing to dispose properly of dead stock, and failing to keep adequate livestock records.
Mr Darren Facey, 43, of West Down pleaded guilty at Barnstaple Magistrates Court to all offences brought by Devon and Somerset Trading Standards following visits to his farm in June 2013.
Officers found carcase remains of 17 sheep, 28 cattle and 8 chickens in various stage of decomposition, indicating the length of time they had been left.
A FIRM which helps agricultural businesses convert their waste into ‘green’ fuel, is celebrating after achieving an internationally-recognised quality mark. New Generation Biogas, based in Totnes, has been awarded the ISO 9001: 2008 by QAS International (Quality Management Systems) for its design, manufacture and installation of plant and equipment for the production of biogas. NG Biogas makes anaerobic-digesters, which break down biodegradable waste and transform it into gas, which can then be burnt to provide heat, electricity or vehicle fuel. The units enable small to medium sized farms...
A positive vote by MEPs means the Government is a step closer in making key decisions on implementing the next CAP reform in England and Wales, the NFU said today.
The European Parliament Agriculture Committee last night approved the draft secondary legislation that underpins the implementation of the future CAP.
NFU President Meurig Raymond said: “We have worked closely with MEPs to resolve the issues such as how much areas of nitrogen fixing crops would contribute towards the five per cent Ecological Focus Areas (EFA) requirement. I am very pleased that MEPs have managed...
Chagfarm, a new not-for-profit Community Interest Company located in Chagford has reached the half-way point of it's crowdfunding campaign.
The eight week campaign will see the Farm Directors, Sylvan and Davon Friend, seek £15,000 for more farming equipment and facilities to expand their raw goats’ milk dairy and ensure the continued resilience of the local community’s food supply.
After successfully achieving its first year targets of turning over £12,000, the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) enterprise, is on a mission to show that their business model is financially...
Chagfarm, a new not-for-profit Community Interest Company located in Chagford, Devon, has launched an ambitious Crowdfunder Campaign ending on 28th March.
The 8-week campaign will see the Farm Directors, Sylvan and Davon Friend, seeking £15,000 for more farming equipment and facilities to expand their raw goats’ milk dairy and ensure the continued resilience of the local community’s food supply. After successfully achieving its first year targets of turning over £12,000, the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) enterprise, is on a mission to show that their business model is...
A new county Chairman has been appointed for Devon’s branch of the NFU. David Verney a mixed farmer and egg producer from Bishop’s Nympton takes up family tradition by following his father and uncle into the position. “I think of it as a challenge and I wouldn’t be able to do it without having my two boys at home and a very understanding wife.
"My wife and I were adamant that they go off and get their qualifications.
"They’ve gone off and experienced another side of life and they’ve come back to farming afterwards. “My daughter is also really involved and helps out with the...
In a year when British farming has received phenomenal backing from consumers, the NFU is urging the public to help turn around a decline in self-sufficiency that means the UK produces just 62 per cent of its own food.
Starkly, our current self-sufficiency rate means that today, August 14, is the day when British food supplies would run out if all the food produced in Britain in a year was stored and eaten from January 1. The NFU is determined to reverse this trend and is launching a Charter looking for the public, politicians and food industry to sign, pledging their support....
Haines Watts Rural Business LLP, sister firm to Bideford-based Chartered Accountants Haines Watts North Devon LLP, announce the appointment of Lucy Thomas as a farming consultant. Rural Business LLP agricultural consultants assist with decision making in response to ever-changing agricultural market conditions and cover all aspects of farm business management with clients across the South West.
A farmer’s daughter, Lucy graduated from Harper Adams with honours gaining experience in Land agency including Land Sales, Single Farm Payment and Planning when working for Rendells. Lucy...
