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Pictured is Katie Jarvis-Grove, project leader for Young Woldmarsh which will launch at the Lincolnshire Show this month
 

Young Woldmarsh to Launch at Lincolnshire Show

6/18/2013 5:34 AM EST  -   Shooting Star PR
News release

18th June 2013
Budding farmers will have the chance to talk to those in the industry when Young Woldmarsh launches at the Lincolnshire Show this week.

Woldmarsh, a farmers’ buying group based in Louth, is setting up the initiative aimed at five to 18-year-olds in a bid to engage the next generation of farmers before they embark on a career in the agricultural sector.

The project aims to make...
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Grounds Manager at Harper Adams University recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honour...

6/17/2013 4:35 AM EST  -   Harper Adams University
HARPER Adams University’s Grounds Manager, Mark Hall, has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Mark has given exemplary service to the university since he joined in February1981 – managing a team of five staff that attend to a built estate of 18 acres and 22 acres of woodland, as well as assisting with 800 acres of farmland.

Aside from ensuring that the grounds on the campus...

Harper Adams University students first to benefit from horticultural bursary sch...

6/13/2013 7:00 AM EST  -   Harper Adams University
SIX students from Shropshire’s Harper Adams University have been named as the first beneficiaries of a bursary scheme introduced by the Horticultural Development Company (HDC).

Students on BSc Agriculture, Agri Business, Crop Management and Agri Food Marketing courses at the university near Newport are set to benefit from the HDC Undergraduate Final Year Bursary Scheme launched at the end of last year in response...
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Hundreds turn out for Open Farm Sunday and Farmers’ Market at Shropshire's Harpe...

6/12/2013 6:39 AM EST  -   Harper Adams University
MORE than 1,000 members of the public flocked to Shropshire’s Harper Adams University for its first Open Farm Sunday event.

The event, which was run alongside the university’s Summer Farmers’ Market, was held on Sunday as part of the national initiative organised by Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF).

Around 400 visitors took part in the tractor-trailer rides around the university’s farm, stopping off to take...
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Land for Life Award Semi-Finalists Unveiled

6/12/2013 2:35 AM EST  -   UNCCD
UNCCD recognizes contributions to land restoration around the world.
(12/06/2013) Bonn The secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification is pleased to announce the 16 semi-finalists of this year’s Land for Life Award. The semi-finalists are from 13 countries - Australia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Portugal, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States and...
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Shropshire's Harper Adams University students honoured at placement awards

5/28/2013 8:37 AM EST  -   Harper Adams University
AGRICULTURAL students at Shropshire’s Harper Adams University have been honoured for their outstanding performance during their placement year at a special awards ceremony.

Staff, students, parents and employers attended the annual event in the Regional Food Academy at the university near Newport on Friday, where they were welcomed by the Vice-Chancellor Dr David Llewellyn.

Two awards were presented including the...
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Leading expert discusses food challenges

5/10/2013 11:03 AM EST  -   Harper Adams University
One of Europe’s leading thinkers and writers on matters of food policy and ethics has addressed an audience of staff and students at Harper Adams University.

Geoff Tansey, who has co-written or co-edited five books, including The Food System, gave a lecture entitled ‘Food and Thriving People: Paradigm Shifts for Fair and Sustainable Food Systems’ in the university’s Regional Food Academy on Thursday.

The lecture...
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Danforth Center Intern Receives Prestigious Fellowship

5/7/2013 3:41 PM EST  -   Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Danforth Center Announces Summer 2013 Internship Program Participants
ST. LOUIS, MO, May 7, 2013 –Donald Danforth Plant Science Center summer 2012 intern, Adam Riesselman, was recently awarded the prestigious Goldwater Fellowship in recognition of his work in Dr. Sona Pandey’s lab.

The goal of the Goldwater Fellowship is to provide a continuing...

Pesticides ban to impact UK agriculture

5/3/2013 4:26 AM EST  -   Harper Adams University
RESTRICTING the use of pesticides containing neonicotinoid amid fears they are a cause of declining bee populations will have serious implications for UK farmers, say experts at Shropshire’s Harper Adams University.

News that farmers have been banned by the European Union (EU) from using three neonicotinoid insecticides – imidacloprid, thiamethoxam and clothianidin - for two years has been welcomed by...

New Chicago Council Report Finds Agriculture Innovations and Investments Critica...

4/24/2013 1:05 PM EST  -   The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
April 24, 2013 CHICAGO - The Chicago Council on Global Affairs today released a report that examines the implications of the increasingly influential roles of global business, Brazil, China, and India in agricultural research and the limited national research capacity of developing countries. It makes the case that greater international collaboration and investment in research is needed to safeguard productivity...