Friends of the Earth Cardiff Cyfeillion y Ddaear Caerdydd

Herds of cows urge Londoners to join the MOOvement

Friends of the Earth has launched the latest stage in the Fix the Food Chain campaign. Have a look at cows CowMOOting on the Tube in London whilst reading the MOOtro, very funny!

Here's the MOOsFlash.

We did it! Thanks to pressure from activists like you, Robert Flello MP introduced the Sustainable Livestock Bill in Parliament on 30 June. This is a great success for the Food Chain campaign.

Mr Flello, Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent South, was the second name pulled out of the hat in the annual Private Members' Ballot on 10 June.

Being drawn so early in the Ballot, his Bill stands a real chance of becoming law.

The UK Government's current farming policy:

The meat and the dairy industry produces more climate-changing emissions than every plane, train and car on the planet. The food chain links factory farms in the UK to the rainforests of South America where huge soy plantations are wiping out wildlife and making climate change worse.

Making your own compost is satisfying and good for the garden as well as the environment. Best of all, compost is free. You can make it without spending a penny.

Compost bins at Centre for Alternative Technology
Photo: Lyndsay Maiden, Cardiff Friends of the Earth

Grow your own on an allotment

Grow your own in August

Growing your own food is healthy, fun and good for the environment.

Got five hours to spare? Go to the allotment pages at Cardiff Council and get an allotment.

View of an allotment in August. Photo: Lindsay Maiden, Cardiff Friends of the Earth.

Grow your own food in October

Growing your own food is healthy, fun and good for the environment.

Got five hours to spare? Go to the allotment pages at Cardiff Council and get an allotment.

Grow your own on an allotment

Grow your own in July

Growing your own is healthy, fun and good for the environment.

July has been one of the hottest on record and our early mulching is paying off. Our courgettes are flourishing, our pumpkins and squash are rampant and the tomatoes are ripening beautifully. So what else is there to do apart from watch and enjoy your crops?

View of an allotment in June. Photo: Lindsay Maiden, Cardiff Friends of the Earth.

Grow your own food in June

Growing your own food is healthy, fun and good for the environment.

June is a month of seemingly exponential growth both for the weeds and your plants. The garden or plot can almost become unrecognisable at this time of the year. There may also be a shortage of rain which will have an impact on the plants.

View of an allotment in May. Photo: Lindsay Maiden, Cardiff Friends of the Earth.

Grow your own food in May

Finally some sunshine has meant that everything is starting to grow abundantly including the weeds. Continuing to hoe the ground will help keep these at bay and will hopefully put off the slugs. We are still at risk of frost but on some days it seems ludicrously distant.

You can glory in your squashes, beans and peas coming through.