The Devon Farm Advice Report produced by Ash Futures has been publicly released and reviews the current provision of farm advice across the County as well as offering recommendations for the future.
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Devon Agri-Tech Accelerator – Farm Innovation Event
The first in a series of free events organised through the newly formed Devon Agri-Tech Alliance will be held on Friday 18 November 2022 at Upton Barn Cullompton, between 10-00 – 14-00.
The ASDA Foundation has announced that Round 2 of its Under 18 Better Starts Grant is open for applications.
This is a funding pot being advertised to schools to set up breakfast clubs in schools where children arriving without breakfast is a problem. The programme makes grants of between £500-£1500 available to support a broad range of activities for … Continue reading
The Government extends Household Support Fund to address cost of living crisis
A recent Sustain article has highlighted the extension of the Household Support Fund to help low-income households during the cost of living crisis until March 2023. An additional £842 million has been made available through the fund to help low-income … Continue reading
Autumn Round of Rewilding Innovation Fund Open for Applications
Community groups, public, and private landowners in England, Scotland, and Wales can apply for funding to develop or scale-up rewilding projects on land or at sea. Rewilding Britain is offering grants of up to £15,000 to help foster new and … Continue reading
Defra Opens UK Seafood Fund: Skills and Training Scheme
Funding is available for UK based providers of training relevant to the seafood sector. The UK Seafood Fund: Skills and Training Scheme will provide a one-off fund to improve training in the seafood industry, including the catching, processing and aquaculture … Continue reading
Rethink Food: The Need for Change report
Nature Friendly Farming Network has published The Need for Change. The report outlines how whole food system change is needed to support the transition to sustainable farming or risk undermining food security. The report sets out why farm payments for … Continue reading
Significant Seams is hosting holiday activities that have free places for young people who are eligible for benefit-related free school meals or have a SEND diagnosis
Arts and wellbeing organisation Significant Seams is hosting activities during August for young people to explore and create together. With nutritional hot meals provided, participants will be able to feed body and mind as part of the activities. Young people … Continue reading
Supermarkets Asda and Morrisons are cutting food prices in the midst of the cost of living crisis
Asda has said it will spend £73m to cut or freeze prices on 100 products, while Morrisons says it will cut prices on 500 products. The Morrisons products subject to reductions represent 6% of its total sales, and include items … Continue reading
Farming Futures R&D Fund: Sustainable farm-based protein
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) will invest up to £12.5 million in innovation projects. This funding is part of Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme which is delivered in partnership with UKRI’s Transforming Food Production Challenge. Defra and Innovate … Continue reading