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    Future of Food, Episode III

    I’ve just managed to watch the third episode of this 3 part series called “The Future of Food” and again the whole programme resonates! The discussion around small scale local production, producing food in areas best suited, and the whole Genetic Modification debate are most poignant. If you can watch if for yourself, [...]

    Controversy over UK Sheep Tagging

    It appears that sheep farmers are quite unhappy about being forced to use an electronic tag to identify individual sheep as is being mandated by the EU. None of us like to to have systems forced upon us, particularly if we think the new system will cost more money and provide little or no [...]

    Number of Bovines in EU

    I did some digging around on the weekend to find the numbers of various animals in the UK and Europe. Most of this information is available on websites but can be a bit tricky to pull out or interpret. The recent changes in the size of the EU means that some of those [...]