Press Releases
Listed below is all the latest news from LEAF – if you cannot find what you are looking for, please contact Ceres, LEAF’s press office, on 01189 475956 or email leaf@ceres-pr.co.uk.
The press office can also provide information to support farming and environment related stories and features, for national and regional media. It can help obtain interviews, quotes, industry comment and images and arrange for you to visit a LEAF Demonstration Farm to find out more.
Current press releases
- AtlasFram joins LEAF
AtlasFram, one of the UK’s largest farmer owned cooperatives has joined LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming). AtlasFram which has an annual turnover of £168 million is now encouraging its 1250 farmers to become members and gain LEAF Marque certification. The LEAF Marque logo is widely recognised as the leading environmental food label, and a key reason why AtlasFram has elected to join LEAF
Published 03/05/12 - LEAF’s Demonstration Farm Network Expands
LEAF’s (Linking Environment And Farming) UK wide network of Demonstration Farms is to increase, with the launch of two new farms this month.
Published 16/04/12 - LEAF Marque Global Standard consultation
LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is calling for the wider food and farming industry to have their say in the future development of its LEAF Marque Global Standard.
Published 06/03/12 - Florette goes green with LEAF
The UK’s leading salad brand, Florette, will soon be displaying the LEAF Marque logo on over 60 million salad bags, demonstrating to its customers that they have been produced to high standards of environmental care.
Published 05/03/12 - LEAF Marque farmer gets the nation buzzing
Duncan Farrington, who farms at Hargrave in Northamptonshire, is being featured in a new three part television series ‘Bees, Butterflies and Blooms’ with Sarah Raven, which is being aired on BBC2 at 8pm, Wednesday 8 February. Duncan produces rapeseed oil and a range of award winning dressings to LEAF Marque standards.
Published 06/02/12 - The National Trust Fly the LEAF Flag
LEAF Marque potatoes, supplied by E. Park & Sons, are now being sold nationally under the National Trust brand through Asda, The Co-operative and Nisa Today.
Published 05/01/12 - Managing water effectively has never been more important for farmers
This was the key message to come out of LEAF’s annual President’s Event held on Wednesday 2nd November at HSBC Tower, Canary Wharf, London. The event was themed ‘valuing resources’ and featured talks from experts across the food and farming industry.
Published 05/12/11 - Farming Minister Launches New Water Management Tool
A new Water Management Tool, developed by leading farming charity, LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming), will be launched by Jim Paice MP, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food.
Published 26/10/11 - Professor Sir David Baulcombe to urge farmers to embrace new technologies
The urgent need for farmers to embrace new technologies to meet increasing demands for food, is the key message to be delivered by one of the country’s leading plant scientists, Professor Sir David Baulcombe FRS, at LEAF’s forthcoming President’s Event.
Published 18/10/11 - LEAF - the affordable solution
As the new Government Buying Standards come into force this month - requiring at least 10% of primary raw food ingredients in food and drink to be produced to certified or assured higher level environmental standards, LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is urging farmers growing commodity products such as potatoes and other vegetables, to adopt its Integrated Farm Management (IFM) as an affordable and practical solution to producing good food with care for the environment.
Published 23/09/11