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UK harvest 13% complete | LEAF’s EBrief 16th August 2013

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LEAF’s EBrief 16th August 2013 FARMERS CONSUMERS FOOD CHAIN

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FARRE Members’ Newsletter

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– Save the date !
The next FARRE symposium will be held on Thursday, 16 January 2014 in Paris. This 16th annual symposium will focus on Integrated Pest Management (IPM).
It will be followed by our annual members’ Convention, on Friday, 17 January 2014.

Networks
– An article on Mickaël Jacquemin (FARRE farmer in Easter France) was published in “La France Agricole” this week: “One step ahead with the qualification” (in French). Read more…

– An article was published in “Horizons” after the evaluation day on biodiversity that took place in Marchélepot (Northern France) under “BiodiversID” network (in French). Read more…

Members
– SITMAFGR (agricultural machinery association) and FARRE co-organise a symposium during the “SPACE” (International Livestock Trade Fair), on Friday, 13 September in Rennes. The topic : water consumption in livestock farming (in French). Read more…

FARRE – 19 rue Jacques Bingen – 75017 Paris
Tél : 01 46 22 09 20 – Fax : 01 46 22 02 20 – Courriel : farre@farre.org –
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FARRE Members’ Newsletter

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FARRE new1 August 2013

The FARRE Newsletter no 134 is available. In this issue, there are two links to articles which were published in ‘La France Agricole” this week:

Mr Jean-Claude Galland (Farre farmer in France) reports about the pros and cons of giving his image to communicate (in French). Read more…

A portrait of Benoît and Claire Francart (FARRE farmers in Eastern France) entitled “Poultry and rabbit : from production to commercialisation“ (in French). Read more…

FARRE – 19 rue Jacques Bingen – 75017 Paris
Tél : 01 46 22 09 20

– Fax : 01 46 22 02 20 – Courriel : farre@farre.org –
Twitter : @AssoFARRE

The pollinating community

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Bumblebees live in colonies which only last one year.
© C. Künast

It is not unusual that species which indeed belong to the families of flies or even butterflies actually are considered bees. Only experts can distinguish a hoverfly or a clearwing moth for example from a bee without fail. Some identifying features of the bee help against the likelihood of confusion. At any case, these interesting insects deserve a closer look. Read more…

LEAF Marque celebrates 10 years | LEAF’s EBrief 18th July 2013

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Caroline Drummond

Getting behind CAP

Last week, I was one of a number of speakers at the Westminster Food and Nutrition Forum seminar on reforming the CAP and what the next steps are for UK farmers. Amongst others, I was joined by Gwilym Jones from the EU Commission, Martin Nesbit from Defra and Peter Kendall of the NFU. It was certainly a lively and interesting morning with some heated debate. What was clear from discussions is that we must not lose sight of the opportunities that these reforms present in the areas of greening equivalence and consideration of farm assurance schemes with defined ecological benefits, such as LEAF Marque, as well as market management mechanisms, particularly reducing risk in the market and rural development. They say the devils in the detail but there are some positives to be had.

Caroline Drummond
LEAF Chief Executive
@LEAFChief on twitter

LEAF Marque celebrates 10 years

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the LEAF Marque, a global assurance system recognising sustainably farmed products. The LEAF Marque was first launched during the Wimbledon Championships in July 2003, giving recognition to farmers producing food to LEAF’s sustainable farming practices.

During the LEAF Marque’s first year, over 150 farmers achieved certification representing some 10,000 hectares of fruit and vegetables. Members of the public wanting to buy products carrying the LEAF Marque were able to find them in Waitrose, which were the first supermarket to stock LEAF Marque products.

LEAF Marque

Over the last ten years, the LEAF Marque has grown to become a globally recognised assurance system operating in some 40 different countries. Here in the UK, a quarter of all UK horticulture is LEAF Marque certified with 100 per cent of British grown leeks carrying the LEAF Marque logo, 73 per cent of peppers and 71 per cent of outdoor grown lettuce. When it comes to fruit, a quarter of UK grown strawberries, 33 per cent of raspberries and 29 per cent of apples are grown to the standard.

Read more including the 10 key achievements of the LEAF Marque here.
Farm study tour

Farm Study Tour to Kenya

This five day, knowledge exchange study tour of Kenya’s lead farming businesses, will take a group of nine UK farmers to see and hear the challenges faced by Kenyan export farming. The group will visit a wide range of enterprises and meet with farmers, agronomists and production managers. Click here to find and more.
Precision Farming

Precision Farming at Thrales End

Precision farming has the potential to deliver both economic and environmental benefits, which makes it an option worth a look for any farmer looking to farm more sustainably. LEAF Demonstration Farmer, Ian Pigott, talks through his decision to take up precision farming here.
Introducing westlands

Introducing… Westlands

Westland Nurseries are one of the UK’s largest commercial growers of micro-leaf, sea vegetables, edible flowers, oriental leaves, heirloom tomatoes, and loads more! Westlands joined LEAF in 2007 and became LEAF Marque certified four years later. We find out more on LEAF’s blog available to read here.
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