Whilst the regulations to improve the conditions in which battery chickens are kept were approved and voted on by MEPs over ten years ago, the directive is only coming into force in January 2012.
From January onwards farmers who keep over 350 chickens will have to ensure these chickens are kept in 'improved' cages. The chickens must be given access to litter or gravel on the floor of the cage in order to be able to scrat around and peck as they would naturally. The cages will also need to have a minimum of around 800 sq cm of floor spare (nearly double what was the required space before this new directive) and
Farm Focus – The Reindeer Centre
Farm Focus - The Reindeer Centre at Capralama Farm [caption id="attachment_101" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Reindeer farming"][/caption] The Reindeer Centre began some 8 years ago with a handful of Reindeer being brought over from Sweden. After a successful breeding programme, the centre now has over 100 Reindeer. The Reindeer are all English bred and farm reared. Some are reared by hand to ensure they are extremely well handled and at ease for their public 'meet and greets'. Sandra and Mike Fagg have famed for more or less all their lives and already had quite a collection of livestock - goats, pigs, llamas, wallabies, mara, meerkats, ...
Business Focus – Bod Ayre Seaweed Products
[caption id="attachment_98" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Gofarmer Business Focus"][/caption] Bod Ayre Seaweed Products Bod Ayre Products in Shetland was started by Michael and Margaret Blance after they had converted their farm to organic, and required an organic fertiliser. Seaweed was traditionally gathered after gales, and put onto the 'midden', along with muck and any other waste to allow torot over the winter. In spring this excellent mix was spread onto the land. After research, Bod Ayre worked closely with the Scottish Natural Heritage, resulting in a sustainable management plan for harvesting the seaweed. The freshly hand cut seaweed is taken to the factory, where it it ...
Whilst the regulations to improve the conditions in which battery chickens are kept were approved and voted on by MEPs over ten years ago, the directive is only coming into force in January 2012.
From January onwards farmers who keep over 350 chickens will have to ensure these chickens are kept in 'improved' cages. The chickens must be given access to litter or gravel on the floor of the cage in order to be able to scrat around and peck as they would naturally. The cages will also need to have a minimum of around 800 sq cm of floor spare (nearly double what was the required space before this new directive) and
The Non-Diet Cook Book by Krystle Nicole Russin is a cook book focusing on using fresh produce, locally sourced. Below is an interview with the author :
Please give a little background on yourself and how you became involved in cooking?
I enrolled in one year of cooking class during high school. Before then, I never cooked. I was afraid I would not be able to follow a recipe and am sure many others are the same and don’t cook for this reason. I became more interested in food after this class. My infatuation with food went from enjoying it to believing it made me feel better about my life in a s





