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Programme of events for RWAS Spring Festival

10:35am Wednesday 15th May 2013

Builth Wells is the place to be this weekend! For the full programme of events click here.

Allotment holder faces European Court of Human Rights tussle over fruit trees

10:08am Wednesday 15th May 2013

Allotment holder Michael Rock hopes to fight his local council at the European Court of Human Rights after officials tried to evict him for growing fruit trees on his plot.

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White asparagus the new home-grown cash crop, says Tesco

9:45am Wednesday 15th May 2013

White asparagus – a highly prized gourmet food that is currently only imported from the continent is being grown in commercial quantities for the first time by an English producer.

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Defra rules out ban on sky lanterns

9:33am Wednesday 15th May 2013

DEFRA says it will not support a ban on sky lanterns despite evidence that they can cause death and injury to livestock.

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Bill Oddie's BankWatch

9:15am Wednesday 15th May 2013

TV birdwatcher Bill Oddie has become the latest celebrity to lend his name to a campaign against corporate greed and its environmental consequences.  He has posted a video on YouTube criticising the banking industry for its role in degrading rainforests.

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Some animals more equal than others

2:53pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

The author of one of the most influential books of the 20th century gained much of his inspiration from his smallholding.

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Survey finds families drop ready meals after horse meat scandal

8:40am Tuesday 14th May 2013

A new study has found that families binned more than 17.8million ready meals in the wake of the horse meat scandal.

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Eat bugs to solve world food crisis, says UN

8:33am Tuesday 14th May 2013

The United Nations says that eating more insects could help fight world hunger.

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Alan Titchmarsh call to make gardening appeal to the young

8:23am Tuesday 14th May 2013

Television gardener Alan Titchmarsh has joined forces with the RHS to reach out to the next generation of horticulturists.

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