To celebrate Farmhouse Breakfast Week, West Wight Sports Centre, in conjunction with Natural Enterprise will be hosting a special free event on Saturday 1st February.
Flower expert Jan Wyers tells us that we must all act before the end of November to halt changes proposed by Europe that could lead plant nurseries going out of business and the variety of plant available reduce considerably.
The Isle of Wight MP, Andrew Turner, is keen ensure that small businesses on the Island do not miss out on growth in the economy, so has organised this event with New Economics Foundation.
An application for a biomass incinerator on the banks of the River Medina has been lodged with the council by Isle of Wight Grain Ltd to fuel a new grain dryer.
HMRC are consulting on proposals to change the law to allow tractors and possibly other agricultural vehicles to use rebated fuel ('red diesel') for gritting roads in rural areas.