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LEAF 'Open Farm Sunday' 2009 - Visitor Comments
12th June 2009
 
Our open day was a resounding success, keep your eyes peeled for further events to be held at the farm. Click here to see comments from some of the day's visitors...
Hear all about it ...
25th November 2008
 
Listen again to FAI's Mike Gooding and Jamie King from The Anchor, Jericho, discussing why FAI's products are Jamie's first choice.

Click on the link - http://www.theanchoroxford.com/about.html
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21st November 2008
 
The Friends of FAI is an informal group of people who are keen to be kept informed of the work being undertaken at Wytham, the farm itself and FAI's other activities around the world.

Click on the Friends logo and follow the simple instructions and we will send you our Friends of FAI Newsletter, which contains notices about events and open days, offers on farm produce and important news about what is happening at the farm.
Latest FAI Brazil News
13th November 2008
 
FAI-Brazil - have taken on the lease of a 420 ha site in Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo State and employed a Farm manager and agricultural technician. The site is being prepared for a flock of free-range broiler chickens and small herd of Zebu cattle in 2009.
FAI working in China
13th November 2008
 
As part of the Model Farm Project, FAI carried out training courses on poultry nutrition and biosecurity for farm workers from the Chinese Model Farms. The Model Farm Project members were audited in September 2008 and presented with certificates and plaques to display at their farms.
Sustainability and North of England Upland Lamb Production
11th November 2008
 

The EU and the UK government's Climate Change Bill will require agriculture to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) in the near future (20% by 2020). Approximately 50% of GHGE from livestock food products are from on-farm activities and it is at farm level that mitigation measures are now being focused.

Friends of FAI Newsletter Summer 2008
15th August 2008
 
The latest edition of our occasional publication is available now for downloading.
Farm Diary
30th January 2008
 
What's going on "down on the farm" - a regular update of day-to-day management issues and our hopes for the future. This week, the cattle enjoy a little early spring sunshine, the pigs are eating us out of house and home and demand increases for "welfare-friendly" chicken
Friends of FAI Newsletter September 2007
28th September 2007
 
The latest edition of our occasional publication is available now for downloading.
FAI sets out to produce new broiler parent stock
11th September 2007
 
FAI Farms will be working on a five-year project funded by the Tubney Charitable Trust to develop and test commercially a genetic selection process which will lead to a new breed of broiler chicken which meets the requirement of the organic and free range markets and enables a more relaxed system of barn production...
Developing Practical Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture
2nd August 2007
 
There is an alternative to intensive farming, says FAI director Roland Bonney. Stick to the three Es of environment, economics and ethics to produce food which is sustainable and provides for the welfare of the animal as well as the welfare of the planet.
Bristol Vet School seeks go-ahead for new college farm to be run by FAI
19th July 2007
 
Bristol Veterinary School is planning to build a new dairy farm to replace the existing college farm, and has reached agreement in principle that the new unit will be run by FAI Farms with the aim of transforming it into a fully commercial unit and a centre of European excellence.
FAI takes a lead in promoting sustainability
9th June 2007
 
Sustainability is at the core of FAI's activity and, in any food chain, the biggest opportunities and challenges lie at the agriculture level - because farming is recognised to be the biggest single contributor of greenhouse gases, says Roland Bonney, director of FAI.
Temple Grandin Workshop
8th June 2007
 
Temple Grandin is world renowned for her ability to understand animals and design systems through which they can be handled more easily.
Alison's Meadow Blooms Again
8th June 2007
 
Somerford Mead regeneration celebrates its 21st anniversary.

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FAI will be opening its gates to the public on Sunday 13 June, as part of the LEAF Open Farm Sunday campaign. Full details will appear here of attractions to see and do!
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