Steven Moore

3 weeks ago | farminglife.com | Steven Moore

Millions of people in Africa depend on water boreholes for supplies. AN event in Cannes, France, has marked the launch of The OpenAg Foundation, a non-profit body on a mission to deliver food security, develop farmer resilience, and support smallholder farmers facing the effects of climate change. Its inaugural initiative, Water for Harmony, aims to drill 1,000 boreholes in southern Africa, bringing clean drinking water to an estimated one million people.

3 weeks ago | farminglife.com | Steven Moore

Kerry Whitehouse (CRS Antrim District Unit Commander and Fundraising Officer), Community Champions Ann Broome (Bentrim Road - Lisburn) and Lesley Kirkpatrick (Antrim), Sean McCarry OBE (CRS Regional Commander), Community Champion Jackie Brogan (Ballymoney), CRS Development Officer Hazel Gallagher, Community Champion Caroline Edmondson (Bangor), Mark Forster (Unit Commander of CRS Emergency Response Bikers), Community Champion Donna McCotter (Yorkgate – Belfast) and CRS volunteer Shirley O'Brien.

3 weeks ago | farminglife.com | Steven Moore

The Department for Infrastructure has invested £600k in the Belfast City Council’s Under the Bridges project and Sailortown Bridge. PLANS to boost Belfast city centre regeneration have stepped up a gear, thanks to council securing investment from the Department for Infrastructure and Department for Communities.

3 weeks ago | farminglife.com | Steven Moore

Clandeboye Yoghurt’s Patrick Black. CLANDEBOYE Estate yoghurts from Bangor, Co Down, are now available in Britain. The yoghurts, produced on the historic estate’s dairy farm, have been listed by Booth’s Country, one of England’s most successful family-owned supermarket chains. The new business represents an important stage in Clandeboye’s focus on extending sales in Britain, a key market for the producer of creamy gourmet yoghurts.

3 weeks ago | farminglife.com | Steven Moore

NewsFARM minister Andrew Muir has found himself in the eye of a storm over his Nutrient Action Programme (NAP) proposals – with the pressure only set to grow in the coming days and weeks. A series of meetings have been held this week involving a range of industry stakeholders and union executives to decide on the next steps to oppose the NAP proposals – with legal action high on the agenda.