£4.5m pioneering skills initiative for regional economy

Businesses across the six counties of the East of England (Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk) are set to benefit from a £4.5 million investment in skills and training. A new partnership, called Landskills East, has been set up to provide rural businesses with improved access to skills and training opportunities in the region.

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   - ADER Farm Survey complete
   - LandSkills East Press release

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Eating Biodiversity

Extensive grazing practices are having an identifiable and beneficial impact upon the floristic composition of pastures and producing lamb with more Vitamin E, less skatoles (which tend to spoil flavour) and higher levels of healthy fatty acids. Traditional beef breeds like the Longhorn were better suited to biodiverse pastures and yielded higher quality meat. Producers were engaging in alternative outlets like local shops, farmers markets and web sales and in a number of instances this has permitted increases in on-farm employment

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