The £20m Anglesey cheese plant that is, or should I say was supplied by 30 farms on the island has gone into administration. The plant was only opened two years ago at Gwalchmai and was focusing on making Welsh and continental cheeses with milk from local farms and aiming to […]
Looking for more info I note that funding is available for: a) Existing / established Food Festivals. b) Producer and/or Tourism organisations who have a membership of Welsh Food and/or Drink businesses. c) Not for profit agencies or voluntary associations. d) Joint applications from Food/Tourism groups and business agencies. e) […]
At long last Wag food have now informed me that a fund to support food festivals and events opened yesterday. Follows is their release: A fund to support food and drink festivals and events across Wales opens for applications on Wednesday 1 May. The small grant scheme supports festivals and […]
My thanks to Samuel Kurtz MS, Shadow Rural Affairs Minister, who gave a response to an interview with the new Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs Mr Irranca-Davies. In his first interview since taking on the role, he told ITV Cymru Wales that he realises concerns from the agricultural industry, but […]
Over the years the Senedd has seen quite a number of displays and protests, but I am sure many people like me will feel that Welsh farmers placing 5,500 empty wellies outside the Senedd is as distressing as it is powerful. Those empty wellies clearly represent the loss of workers […]
The Labour Government voted against the Welsh Conservative motion to support our Welsh farmers. Shadow Rural Affairs Minister Samuel Kurtz MS said: “Today, we gave the Welsh Government an opportunity to recognise that they are on the wrong path with the Sustainable Farming Scheme. Sadly, for farmers and rural Wales, […]
My anger still rages at The Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) so I am pleased the Welsh Tories have brought forward a motion in the Senedd to scrap the SFS. This scheme will have a devastating impact on the agriculture sector in Wales. Even in the Labour Government’s own economic impact […]
No Farmers – No Food – No Future. That is the message Welsh farmers are trying and trying to get through to the Welsh Government. Without farmers they will have no future and the Welsh people will have no food. Yes of course we can rely on imports but how […]
Responding to comments from the First Minister that farmers could not simply decide themselves what to do with millions in subsidies, Andrew RT Davies MS, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, said: “This statement shows the First Minister’s naked contempt for our farmers. “Labour and Plaid Cymru fail to realise that […]
The Country Land and Business Association in Wales have commissioned a poll and they have found out that just 3% of Welsh farmers trust the Welsh Government, Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs, Samuel Kurtz MS, said: “This survey result is a damning indictment, yet isn’t all too surprising, given how […]
The following has been taken from the latest Visit Wales newsletter: 9 out of 10 guests to Wales think it’s important that venues have a good range of dishes with Welsh ingredients. The Welsh Government has commissioned a series of research to better understand the “Value of Welshness” to shoppers […]
I’ve been made aware of concerns that have been raised at the Welsh Government’s Roadshow events on the Sustainable Farming Scheme that the Government aren’t collecting feedback from farmers who attend. In response to a Written Question by Samuel Kurtz MS, the Shadow Rural Affairs Minister, who asked how the […]