Environmental News

The National Tree Week 2024 has launched today, marking the traditional start of the winter tree planting season. At this time of year, trees are dormant and so experience the least stress when being placed in their new homes.

The government has just confirmed that farmers impacted by severe wet weather will soon receive payments from the £60 million Farming Recovery Fund. 

More than 91,000 trees will be planted on a farmland following the National Trust’s plans to create a “green haven” in Merseyside. 

Presumably the biggest solar farm in the UK could soon be built near the village of Gissing in Norfolk. 

An Aberdeenshire-based ice cream producer, Mackie’s of Scotland, is celebrating its most successful year, hitting the renewable energy record. 

Plans to build a solar farm as big as 144 football pitches on top-quality farmland in Lincolnshire have been rejected. 

Plans to build a solar farm as big as 144 football pitches on top-quality farmland in Lincolnshire have met with mixed responses from local residents. 

Farmers have been warned to protect themselves and their farms as Storm Ashley is set to bring strong winds and heavy rain to the UK. 

The Countryside Alliance has responded to the government’s proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), highlighting its key concerns and advocating for a ‘rooftop-first’ approach to solar installations on farmland.

The production of low-carbon, plant-based insulating blocks by agricultural workers from farm materials could support rural economies and tackle labour shortages, experts believe.  

New precision breeding technology to increase food production, reduce costs to farmers, and allow drought- and disease-resistant crops to be grown will be brought forward under new laws, the government has just announced. 

With rural communities increasingly on the frontline of extreme weather and the devastating impacts of flooding, the government just announced the launch of a new partnership that aims to support rural flood resilience and help farmers adapt to a changing climate.