Our November 2008 meeting was a talk from Mike Hopgood at Somerset Trading Standards. He recomended the websites below:
http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/foodindustry/guidancenotes/
http://www.askcedric.org.uk/business-index.php
http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/business/business.cfm
Calls may also be made to their business advice line - 01823 357261
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Somerset
Beekeepers Association
Gerald Fisher - Course Tutor
01458 250700
mailto:gerald@the fishers.eclipse.co.uk
or
Mrs Mary Barnes-Gorell - Secretary
01747 840466
mailto:marybg@btopenworld.com
www.somersetbeekeepers.org.uk
Taunton
Beekeepers Association
Contact Lesley Garner 01823 672119 or
mailto:lesley.garner@care4free.net
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Green
Gardeners
Mid
Somerset Organic Gardeners Group
Meeting Venue: Parish Rooms, Somerton starting at 7.30 pm
Sue Sheppard 01458 273455
http://www.greengardeners.org.uk
Events:
2010 |
| January |
Tim Rook on eco-building and alternative technology |
| Febuary |
First year of an organic community growing for veg-boxes |
| March |
Freda Brown "Hands on Gardening" |
| 19 April |
Pete Masters on Potions, lotions, oitments and herbs |
S O G
(Somerset Organic Gardeners) based in Taunton is no longer
active - it is suggested that interested gardeners
contact this group
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Taunton Poultry Fanciers
hold monthly meetings at Hatch Beauchamp village hall near Taunton
(10 min Drive from Junction 25 off the M5) on a Monday evening starting between 7.30 - 8.00pm
The dates are as follows :
Taunton Poultry Fanciers Society Meetings for 2009
AGM & Christmas Party Monday 14th December
the Secretary
Mr John Fisher
Greenway High Street
Blackford Wedmore
Somerset
BS28 4NL
01934 712629
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Rare Breeds Survival Trust www.rbst.org.uk
Somerset Support Group
Mrs Rose Gainsborough
34 Somerville Way
Bridgewater
Somerset
Tel: 01278 429279
E-mail: rosegainsborough@hotmail.co.uk
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FWAG
- Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
http://www.fwag.org.uk/ |
South
West England Dry Stone Walling Association
Stephen Shaw
Tel: 01458 831357
shawsteve@talktalk.net
www.swedswa.org.uk - their web site which gives details of all courses |
Somerset Hedge Group
http://www.somerset-hedgegroup.org.uk/
Did you know..... The Somerset Hedge Group (SHG) was founded to:
- Promote good practice in hedge management
- To raise awareness & appreciation of the value of hedges to farming & non-farming communities
- To increase the conservation of the hedge network across the county
To join this group & receive details of events, training & activities please contact the chairman of the SHG Pete Grainger - info@petegrainger.co.uk or write direct to
Pete at Ivy Cottage, Blagdon Hill, Taunton, Somerset TA3 7SN
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Everything Exmoor is a free encyclopaedia, built by the community and business of Exmoor offering information on every aspect of life in the Exmoor National Park. It gathers knowledge of Exmoor in one place and signposts readers to web sites containing more detailed information.
Everything Exmoor www.EverythingExmoor.org.uk is a non-commercial website
gathering information about Exmoor and currently running at nearly a million
visitors a year - actual figure 900,348 visitors per year. Please feel free
to submit pages or photos on any subject related to Exmoor. You can add your
business into the free Business Directory via
www.everythingexmoor.org.uk/Add_Listing.php |
| www.nationalrural.org
- a huge database, part of the National Rural
Knowledge Exchange, bringing together rural groups,
societies and business support organisations. |
| PUBLICATIONS
AND MEDIA |
| The Landsman - this is a free publication available from a number of local outlets (eg Wrantage Mills, the new market centre at Bridgwater, Mole Valley Farmers) which covers topics which could be of interest to smallholders |
| www.Rural-Smallholdings.co.uk - the Online Magazine for smallholders (posted Feb 09) |
| www.southwestfarmer.co.uk
- they have recently revamped their website (posted
September 2006) |
| http://www.smallholder.co.uk
- Smallholder magazine |
| http://www.farmradio.org.uk
- the
Internet Radio Station for farmers and country folk
who live and work in the 'Levels and Moors' area of
Somerset |
Livestock:
http://www.blpbooks.co.uk/livestock_organisations.php |
Poultry:
http://www.blpbooks.co.uk/poultry_organisations.php |
Smallholding:
http://www.blpbooks.co.uk/smallholding_organisations.php |
| www.firstpasture.co.uk
- a
new farming and smallholder bookshop - a range of titles
from poultry and sheep to growing your own fruit and
vegetables. (posted
30 October 2005) |
| http://www.farmingbooksandvideos.com
- Farming Books and Videos Ltd. publish and retail books and DVDs on farming, smallholder and of general rural issues.
More than 350 items in stock (posted 14 August 2006) |
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| TRAINING |
| http://www.themagdalenproject.org.uk
- based near Chard, offering courses of interest to
smallholders |
| www.somerset-training.com |
| SMALLHOLDER
GROUPS |
| http://www.rural-smallholdings.co.uk -
Rural Smallholdings Magazine |
| http://www.devonsmallholders.co.uk
- Website for DASH |
| http://www.smallholders.org
- Smallholders Online based in Devon |
www.lsssc.org.uk
- Lincolnshire Smallholder and Self Sufficiency Club - their
organiser has recently contacted us by email and draws our
attention to http://forum.downsizer.net/ which has many topics of interest to smallholders.
She also recommends http://www.acountrylife.com/index.php
(posted 5 July 2006) |
| http//:www.farmstockforums.com - a
forum based site
where small scale livestock producers can get together
to exchange views;
ask for help and advertise their stock for sale; free
of charge
and there are no membership or joining fees (posted
Feb 07) |
| http://www.wholesome-food.org.uk/conference.html |
| http://www.gofarmer.com
- Gofarmer is a non auction
site set up a couple of years ago which offers not only the choice to sell direct to other farmers but also the opportunity to sell direct to the general public with a wide choice of goods from livestock to machinery and also meat products, veg boxes to holiday homes, farm B&Bs and even contractors can advertise their services. The site is designed to combine all things rural and make them accessible to all people from all areas be it county to county or even nationwide this includes Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and now even expats in France.
(posted
September 2006) |
| http://www.pershore.ac.uk/sh |
| www.ecolots.co.uk
is a free on-line advertising service for rural
products and services which support the
environmentally sensitive management of land, trees
and wildlife. |
