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CALU NEWS ARCHIVE

JANUARY 2007
Headlines: GM hens to lay eggs for human drugs; Food vs Fuel; Opportunities for food horticulture in North Wales

DECEMBER 2006
Headlines: GM Potatoes; New Year Events; Welsh Chevon Featured at Good Food Show; Anglesey Wine

NOVEMBER 2006
Headlines: New Centre of Excellence for Pig Industry; Biomass Open Days; Fancy Some Cider?; Smashing the Myths about Potatoes; Winter fair

OCTOBER 2006
Headlines: Alternative Energies Booklet; Woodland Training days; Biomass Open Days, Biomass Open Days, Prize for Calu Project, NT Ugly Winner; Local Procurement Increases

SEPTEMBER 2006
Headlines: Sarpo potato open days; Woodland training days; Grow your own is growing; Second day of free technical advice; RPA announced funding call for marketing; Beekeeping course

AUGUST 2006
Headlines: CALU Open Days; Amy joins CALU team; New technical leaflets; CALU at the shows; Supermarkets join box bandwagon; WCoH success at the shows

JULY 2006
Headlines: CALU's season of open days starts; Welsh bananas...; Hydroponic horticulture; Rising interest in oats; First Birtish olive grove planted

JUNE 2006
Headlines: NFU Polytunnel campaign; Draft Rural Development Plan for Wales - consultation; Eco-roofs on the increase; Rising interest in oats; UKs 1st crocodile farm

MAY 2006
Headlines: Planting CALU demonstration plots; UK Government launches biomass action plan; asparagus trials; rosemary beetle; Environment Agency water efficiency awards; Easter earnings

APRIL 2006
Headlines: New CALU projects for 2006; Growers wanted for south Wales energy crops; 2005 CALU potato trials - final report; Money in mushrooms; Venison sales soar; HACCP guide for medicinal herb production; CALU bee leaflet.

MARCH 2006
Headlines: Welsh daffodils in the news; Woodlands for Sainsbury's chickens; Celeriac selling well; Poultry registrations; Bumper blueberry sales;
Growing consumption of game; Are outdoor tomatoes on their way out; Call for nominations - pig industry award.

FEBRUARY 2006
Headlines: Salicornia - poor man's asparagus? Woodchip for animal bedding and compost; Booming beetroot sales; Bad news for Eccleshall biomass plant; Deadline for poultry registrations; Welsh woodlands award.

JANUARY 2006
Headlines: Home grown avocados? New Years Honours Award; Interreg horticulture project; Growing global blueberry production; Honey sales hitting new highs; Polytunnels and planning permission.

DECEMBER 2005
Headlines: Cranberries to combat tooth decay? CALU's potato blight trials project nears completion; Biomass Task Force Report; New hygiene regulations for primary producers; Walnuts from Wales? Sales of British raspberries and other small fruits soar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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