The Royal Norfolk ShowThe Allen & Page stand at the Royal Norfolk Show is a great place to find out more about the Smallholder Range. This fantastic event is local to the Shipdham-based company and provides a great opportunity for the team to help you out with your feeding queries. The Royal Norfolk Show takes place on 30th June & 1st July on the Norfolk Showground and is the largest two-day agricultural show in the country. The show is packed with events to interest everyone; from the latest farm machinery and livestock to sampling some of Norfolk’s finest produce.
For those of you with a passion for poultry, the British Hen Welfare Trust (BHWT) will be on the stand to talk about their work with re-homing ex-battery hens. The group will bring along some of their feathered friends too, so why not come along to stand 465, avenue 16 to have a look?
Hundreds of prizes still to be won!Congratulations to Clive Bowell - winner of two tickets for the ‘All about Chickens’ course at the famous River Cottage in Devon.
Clive is one of many who have found a golden egg hiding in their sack of Natural Free Range Layers Pellets, our claim line rings frequently as another lucky customer finds a Golden Egg containing a fabulous poultry prize.
So far, winners have claimed: 1 Galvanised Poultry Feeder, 2 Galvanised Poultry Drinkers, 4 ‘Choosing & Keeping Chickens’ books, 39 feed vouchers, 5 Organic egg trays, 1 Fancy Fowl Magazine subscription, 1 Brinsea Mini Eco Incubator and 1 set of tickets to a River Cottage course.
There are still literally hundreds of prizes to be won. All you need to do is pop down to your local feed merchant to pick up a sack of Natural Free Range Layers Pellets and check for a Golden Egg inside.
Clive and Judith Bowell with Emily and duck Bentley, Alex with chicken Gloria and eldest son James alongside some of the team at AE James in Bristol where the prize-winning sack was purchased
Success for the Smallholder FestivalThousands of people visited the Smallholder and Garden Festival at Builth Wells over the weekend, enjoying a mixture of animals, events and spectacles.
From falcons to folk dance the festival was a real success, with thousands of people enjoying the mixture of farm animals, horticulture and events. The Smallholder Range stand was very busy, with nutritional advisers giving out plenty of good advice on feeding a range of animals. Several new features appeared at this year’s show, among them scurry driving, blacksmithing and farriery competitions, making it a fantastic weekend for all.
Job opportunity at Allen & PageAllen & Page has an opportunity for a talented and enthusiastic Area Sales Manager to cover the South West and Wales areas. The ideal candidate will be based in the Bristol/Somerset area and be target driven, self motivated and passionate about feeding animals naturally.
To find out more and to download a job description and application form click here. Closing date for applications: Friday 28th May 2010.
Welfare charity re-brandThe British Hen Welfare Trust has recently consolidated its position as the leading hen welfare charity that works to promote a strong British free range egg industry. Formerly known as the “Battery Hen Welfare Trust”, it has recently undergone a name change and re-brand to more accurately reflect the organisation’s wider scope.
Now called the British Hen Welfare Trust, the charity is well-known for its level-headed approach and willingness to work with farmers to find solutions; a recent Country Life ranking of the people with most influence on those who live in the countryside put the charity’s founder, Jane Howorth, 82nd, just two places behind David Cameron. The article described the charity as one “which educates the public about the egg industry in a remarkably sensible and non-hysterical way.”
In anticipation of the proposed EU directive banning conventional battery cages and the introduction of an enriched cage system in 2012, the British Hen Welfare Trust, in collaboration with South-West MP Colin Breed, has tabled two Early Day Motions (EDMs) calling for clear labelling of the production method used on all products containing eggs or egg derivatives, widely used in processed foods. This would allow consumers to distinguish egg products from hens housed in the enriched cage system which offers improved hen welfare, from those produced from the battery cage system which will continue to be used outside of the EU. Chief Exec Jane Howorth explains: “It is important that farmers who are investing in improved welfare systems are supported by the government, the retailers and the public. Consumers are showing a preference for animal products raised to higher welfare standards and clear labelling will allow them to give British farmers – and the laying hen – their backing, and not drive cheap, lower welfare imports of battery eggs from overseas.”
The British Hen Welfare Trust’s new name and logo, with the strap line “For a free range future”, are designed to acknowledge the changing industry and to better reflect its work encouraging consumers, retailers and farmers to go free range.
The British Hen Welfare Trust’s Devon farm will be featured in the BBC documentary ‘The Private Life of Chickens’ on BBC2, April 28th. For more information or to support the work of the charity please email info@bhwt.org.uk , log on to www.bhwt.org.uk or tel: 01769 580310