One of the first gifts to be delivered to Florence Cameron is an acre of rainforest from the Prime Minister’s poverty Czar, Frank Field MP.
The gift was delivered to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro on behalf of the MP by Cool Earth, charity director, Matthew Owen.
Frank Field founded the rainforest charity, which protects rainforest, 3 years ago. By coincidence the charity is based in Cornwall on the doorstep of the hospital where Samantha Cameron is currently recovering after the birth of her fourth child.
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Thursday, 05 August 2010 09:48
Are we drinking ‘Cloned Milk’?
The traceablilty of cloned meat and milk will become increasingly difficult unless the government does something to regulate it.
The Soil Association comments that there are many as yet unanswered questions on cloning animals - both ethical and practical - and insufficient regulation around their production and use. Not only does cloning have a negative impact on animal welfare, we also have no long-term evidence for the impacts on health - both as consumers of meat and dairy products and on the health outcomes for the animals themselves. If cloned animals are entering the food chain without consumers being made aware of it then as things stand this is a triple whammy failure of labelling, welfare and health.
The Soil Association has also hit out at the cloning of farm animals which it describes as “cruel” and a “serious threat to genetic diversity within agriculture.
Thursday, 01 July 2010 14:23
Soil Association Director Patrick Holden, Calls it a Day.
Soil Association Director, Patrick Holden, will be stepping down on 30 September 2010 having held the post since 1995. Commenting on his decision to step down, Patrick Holden said:
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