Dairy event: Forage & Grassland – Alternatives to imported…
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- Dairy event: Forage & Grassland – Alternatives to imported…
- Of Boom, Bust, Betamax And…
- English apples are back… and are growing in China
- Old-world charmer – Food & Wine – Activities & Interests -…
- Blown away by Gale
- Sport can unite people even when innocence has died
Dairy event: Forage & Grassland – Alternatives to imported…
Free with registration – Dairy Farmer – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 30, 2006
–> COPYRIGHT 2006 CMP Information Ltd. Scientists at IGER are claiming a realistic home-grown alternative to imported protein sources has taken a step closer, thanks to their on- going five-year project LISA (Lupins in Sustainable Agriculture). Part of the Defra scheme, LISA is the first comprehensive evaluation of the benefits of spring sown yellow and blue lupins for organic and conventional use in the UK.
Of Boom, Bust, Betamax And…
The Independent – Independent – Sep 30, 2006
It was a triumph, but there followed years of controversy over whether to rebuild their main Stratford theatre. Only now is a revamp going ahead. World music was a term barely used in 1986. But one of the best international collaborations was Paul Simon’s Graceland, riding high in the charts in October ‘86. His use of South African musicians provoked protests from the anti-apartheid lobby. Top of the singles charts was “Don’t Leave Me This Way” by The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris. One racks one’s brains to recall Sarah Jane Morris, but not the lady who took over at number one in The Independent’s second week, Madonna with “True Blue”… There were newcomers that year – a hospital drama called Casualty began with an explosion at the docks (the first of hundreds) and London’s Burning ignited with a one-off special. Neighbours also arrived from Australia, a suburban antidote to the increasingly crazed gloss of Dallas (this was the year of Bobby’s shower scene). But it was the home-grown soaps that dominated – with EastEnders in a commanding lead over Coronation Street. And while one fixture of the schedules was about to temporarily disappear – Noel Edmonds resigning after a stunt went fatally wrong on The Late, Late Breakfast Show – another was waiting to make his entrance. In 1987 Jonathan Ross made his first appearance as a presenter in The Last Resort. Miami Vice and Moonlighting were the American hits but for British viewers, it was Only Fools and Horses and the long-delayed union of Vince and Penny in Just Good Friends that sat at the top of the ratings. POLITICSBy Andy McSmithIt was the season for party conferences.
English apples are back… and are growing in China
Times Online – Sep 30, 2006
Farmers in apple-growing counties such as Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and Kent were given grants under the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy in return for digging up their orchards to reduce the over-supply. The number of farmers growing eating apples commercially nationwide has dropped from 1,550 to 430 in the past 20 years. The remaining growers have been forced to become more efficient and over the past few seasons supermarkets have started to stock more home-grown fruit. Mr Barlow said: “People are buying English apples now because they know that they are much better in taste than imported ones. English people have a much stronger emotional connection to apples than anywhere else in the world. ” Britain’s mild climate provides a longer apple-growing season, and so growers have been able to claim that their fruit has a fuller flavour. But the climate means that growers are also at a disadvantage because their apples are slower to ripen, and growers from hotter climates are able to get their produce on the shelves earlier.
Old-world charmer – Food & Wine – Activities & Interests -…
The Age – Sep 30, 2006
McKay smokes the meat, not too much though, with the rackcut into cutlets for ease of eating. The meat is juicy, flavoursomewith just the right amount of smokiness and served with celeriac,beetroot puree and baby beets. Yes, the beetroot is a home-grownspeciality too. Another highlight is the kangaroo with roastedcarrots and Jerusalem artichokes, all lifted by a piquant sherryvinegar sauce ($38). The fillet, sliced and splayed on the plate,is wonderfully tender and flavoursome – the best roo I’ve tasted inyears. All mains are served with a bowl of Harvest Home’s organicvegetables. To finish on a sweet note, there are three desserts, includinglemon panna cotta ($16) and steamed chocolate and hazelnut puddingserved with pears poached in red wine and Pedro Ximenez ice-cream($16.
Blown away by Gale
NEWS.com.au – Sep 30, 2006
Since then she has appeared regularly on Nine’s travel show, Getaway, honing her on-camera experience and building an even bigger profile. "This new show is a bit of a trip back in time," explains Gale, who together with Munro, will explore some of Australia’s defining years. The first show will focus on the ’70s when home-grown group Skyhooks topped the Australian music charts and the nation’s first nude beach was legalised. "Each episode will showcase a year and weve already shot three episodes," says Gale, who has just returned to Italy to shoot another Vodaphone commercial. She says the series will focus on sport, scandals, current affairs, music, fashion and other trends and events that have helped define Australian society. The three events that stand out most in her mind are the deaths of Princess Diana and INXS rocker Michael Hutchence and Australia’s historic victory in The America’s Cup. "I was shattered when Michael Hutchence died because Im a huge INXS fan," she says.
Sport can unite people even when innocence has died
Times Online – Sep 30, 2006
Set that against a sporting context, when the world has its guard down, and the terrorist is all the more terrifying. Or at least horrifying. After the horror of the July 7 bombings came the added horror: the knowledge that this was home-grown terror. Not the work of outsiders, but of British Muslims. It was an attack from inside the walls. This was not a happy thing to learn. Every Londoner of every shade of skin colour began, on every Tube and train and bus, to look at every brown face with misgivings.