29 July 2010
Soil Association Comment
New Government figures show sharp decline in numbers of farmland birds
29 July 2010 |
03 June 2010
An investigation by the Soil Association has revealed chemicals lethal to bees can be found in domestic gardening products on sale in UK supermarkets, hardware stores and garden centres. |
07 January 2010
Organic farms across the UK are preparing to end the practice of culling male dairy calves at birth. |
24 November 2009
The first Europe-wide testing of pig herds for MRSA has found that the bacteria is present in 17 of 24 member states tested [1]. |
09 July 2009
The Soil Association is calling on the Government to protect our honeybees. Lend your voice to our campaign and sign our petition calling on Hilary Benn, the UK’s Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs to ban neonicitinoid pesticid... |
28 April 2009
Given that the new strain of Swine flu virus (containing segments of bird, pig and human flu virus), has shown itself capable of passing from human to human and causing human fatalities – the immediate priority must be to protect human health, contai... |
21 April 2009
The Soil Association today condemned Hilary Benn’s decision not to ban chemicals known to kill honey bees. In a letter to the Soil Association, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Efra) has rejected calls to prohibit use of ... |