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U.K. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Regional GIS Information Officer

This role is only available to residents of Australia or to those who hold valid working visas or permits Temporary position up to 12 months Port Lincoln The Department for Environment and Heritage (DEH) is responsible for...

Food prices

Food bills could rocket if controversial European Parliament plans on pesticides get the go ahead. Farmers leaders in the South West are worried that many pesticides could be banned, which in turn will hit yields and add to...

Why we will all have to foot the bill for summer

It's not just the rain that has hit farmers, says Charlie Brooks When summer finally arrived it was cruelly too late for the arable farmers. "Nice day," I say hesitantly to Tim Pare, the director of Loudham Estates, a farm...

Reappointment of five ACAF members

Friday 10 October 2008 Dame Deirdre Hutton, Chair of the Food Standards Agency, today announced the re-appointment of five members of the Advisory Committee on Animal Feedingstuffs (ACAF). Speaking on behalf of the Agency, the...

Defra Publishes Zoonoses UK Report 2007

UK - The 2007 Zoonoses Report will be launched at the 'Orphan Zoonoses Conference' in Glasgow. Zoonoses are diseases and infections which are transmitted naturally between animals and humans. The report brings together data and...

Single Coastal Path to Be Reviewed, Says MP ; Progress in Opening Up the Coastline to Walkers...

Posted on: Friday, 10 October 2008, 00:00 CDT By Matt Chorley London Editor Progress in opening up the coastline to walkers will be reviewed after just a year to gauge the level of resistance to the plans. Ministers have bowed...

New DEFRA minister visits Birmingham's futuristic new development

Philip Hunt, the new Defra minister, visited Fort Dunlop today to see the successful regeneration which has prepared the old building for the future of climate change. The former tyre factory was derelict and run down for...

Fuel poverty : Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

This webpage from the website of the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) provides information on the issue of fuel poverty in the UK, related government policy and reports, and news items. There are links...

Gardening: Bring back the bonfire

Yet another tradition is under threat, says Adam Edwards The autumn bonfire, like the first barbecue of summer, is a religious affair. This ancient tradition of setting fire to the end of the garden, the culmination of which is...

Michael McCarthy: A minister rooted in the natural world

Here's a question to ask yourself this weekend if you're out for a walk in the country (there's a chance of fine autumn weather, at least in the South). Why do we value the natural world? What exactly is it that draws you to...

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