AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoSolar on Public Buildings: Warwick District Council has fitted 177 solar PV panels at Castle Farm Leisure Centre and 62 at the Royal Spa Centre in Leamington, targeting about £14,000 a year in energy bill savings and cutting emissions by 21 tonnes and 3.5 tonnes respectively, alongside a 30% LED lighting upgrade. Open Farm Sunday (20 years): LEAF’s Open Farm Sunday marked its 20th anniversary with an estimated ~200,000 visitors across England, Scotland and Wales, with 283 farmers hosting (including a quarter as first-timers) to show the public nature-friendly farming. Bovine TB Vaccine Rollout (England): England’s bovine TB strategy points to a major vaccine push from 2030, aiming to tackle disease while ending the badger cull. Cocoa Rehabilitation (Ghana, Fairtrade Africa): Fairtrade Africa Network launched a farmer-led cocoa farm rehabilitation programme in Ghana to restore ageing farms in phases (200 hectares by 2027), protecting forest reserves as yields and prices fall. Farm Fire (Scotland): Firefighters are still tackling a major blaze at a potato farm building near Fearn Airfield Road, Easter Ross, with residents advised to keep windows and doors closed due to smoke. Habitat Funding (England): Government announced £30m over three years to restore or create wildflower meadows, wetlands and native woodlands across national parks and landscapes, supporting species like hedgehogs, dormice, bees and wading birds.
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