http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/consumer_goods/article6919420.ece
The biggest dairy in the world is to be be built near London as the consolidation of the milk market continues.
Arla Foods, the Danish producer that processes 28 per cent of Britain’s milk, will build the processing plant, which will handle one billion litres of milk a year and will be operational in 2012. It will create about 500 jobs and cost Arla more than £70 million. The exact location is as yet undecided. The company said that it was operating at full capacity in its other plants.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Lab Grown Meat
Lamb Club
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Enfield Island Village
RSA island Centre
RSA Factory Apprentices Association
Enfield Island Village trust
Hidden London - Enfield Island Village
A ‘flagship’ development of ‘regional significance’, according to the government, built from 1997 to 2003 by Fairview New Homes on a 100-acre flood plain lying between the River Lea and the Cattlegate Flood Relief Channel. The site was formerly occupied by the Royal Small Arms Factory. Some original buildings have been retained and the design incorporates a network of waterways, creating a habitat for waterfowl. There are distinct neighbourhoods within the village, each with its own architectural variations. The council originally imposed a limit on the number of homes that could be built before shops and community services were provided, but this was later withdrawn. The developers also increased housing density from their original proposals, with a higher proportion of social accommodation, including some that went to asylum seekers. Enfield Island Village featured prominently in a 2000 investigation by the BBC TV programme Panorama into housing developments on contaminated land. It reported that a survey had found traces of toxic chemicals and metals such as lead, cadmium, arsenic and copper. The land has been ‘remediated’ by capping with a layer of clay to prevent contaminants leaching to the surface but there have been stories of children suffering dermatological problems after playing in their back gardens, and residents have been warned not to dig more than three feet down.
There was further disquiet when Enfield’s chief planning officer left to join Fairview. The borough subsequently convened a special panel to investigate the various allegations surrounding the project, which were refuted as “unsubstantiated rumours.” However, “robust and permanent monitoring” of the site was recommended for the future and the report was narrowly adopted by the council.
Transcript from BBC Panaorama programme into Enfield Island Village Development
20/3/00 "BLIGHT"
RSA Factory Apprentices Association
Enfield Island Village trust
Hidden London - Enfield Island Village
A ‘flagship’ development of ‘regional significance’, according to the government, built from 1997 to 2003 by Fairview New Homes on a 100-acre flood plain lying between the River Lea and the Cattlegate Flood Relief Channel. The site was formerly occupied by the Royal Small Arms Factory. Some original buildings have been retained and the design incorporates a network of waterways, creating a habitat for waterfowl. There are distinct neighbourhoods within the village, each with its own architectural variations. The council originally imposed a limit on the number of homes that could be built before shops and community services were provided, but this was later withdrawn. The developers also increased housing density from their original proposals, with a higher proportion of social accommodation, including some that went to asylum seekers. Enfield Island Village featured prominently in a 2000 investigation by the BBC TV programme Panorama into housing developments on contaminated land. It reported that a survey had found traces of toxic chemicals and metals such as lead, cadmium, arsenic and copper. The land has been ‘remediated’ by capping with a layer of clay to prevent contaminants leaching to the surface but there have been stories of children suffering dermatological problems after playing in their back gardens, and residents have been warned not to dig more than three feet down.
There was further disquiet when Enfield’s chief planning officer left to join Fairview. The borough subsequently convened a special panel to investigate the various allegations surrounding the project, which were refuted as “unsubstantiated rumours.” However, “robust and permanent monitoring” of the site was recommended for the future and the report was narrowly adopted by the council.
Transcript from BBC Panaorama programme into Enfield Island Village Development
20/3/00 "BLIGHT"
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Farming and fishing in crisis as food demand doubles
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b58f7cf2-d9e6-11de-b2d5-00144feabdc0.html
"Feeding the world is now recognised as one of the key problems for the next few decades. An international food summit held in November showed the extent of the difficulties we face: in order to feed a world population that is likely to exceed 9bn before 2050, the world will have to almost double food production. This will have to be managed at the same time as cutting greenhouse gases by between 50 and 80 per cent over the same period."
"Feeding the world is now recognised as one of the key problems for the next few decades. An international food summit held in November showed the extent of the difficulties we face: in order to feed a world population that is likely to exceed 9bn before 2050, the world will have to almost double food production. This will have to be managed at the same time as cutting greenhouse gases by between 50 and 80 per cent over the same period."
To some, pets are a source of cute, absolute love. To me, they're a perpetual looming spectre of death
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/15/charlie-brooker-pets-death
I Love this article, and its all about pets and immortality!
'To some, pets are a source of cute, absolute love. To me, they're a perpetual looming spectre of death
Somebody suggested buying a scorpion or a tiger. That way, rather than worrying about its death, I'd be worrying about my own'
"I should perhaps point out that I'm not equating wives with pets. For one thing, you can't bury a wife in a shoebox"
"Because animals die, that's why. And they die too soon. They've got short life spans. I had a cat once. And I loved that cat. But eventually the cat died, and I don't know if I want to go through that again. Literally every time I stroke someone else's cat or dog, all I can think is, "Yes, it's lovely, but it'll die". Every time I envisage myself owning a pet, my mind immediately floods with pre-emptive grief. What if it got run over? Or it choked on something? What if I tripped and fell and dropped a Yellow Pages on its head? I just couldn't bear it."
"Yes, I know humans die too, and usually leave even sharper grief in their wake when they do so. But you can't go through life without becoming at least vaguely attached to at least one or two humans in some form or another. The pain they'll cause is unavoidable. Whereas pets seem easier to cut out."
"I know, pet lovers, I know. The joy your pets give while alive far outweighs the grief of their passing. You might even argue that foreknowledge of your pet's future death actually lends your delight in their comparatively fleeting existence even more resonance"
"One person suggested buying something dangerous, like a scorpion or a tiger. That way, rather than worrying about its death, I'd be worrying about my own. Our day-to-day existence would turn into a nail-biting contest in which only one of us would make it out alive"
"Someone else suggested a virtual pet, like a Tamagotchi. I had one of those years ago: accidentally put it through the washing machine in a jeans pocket and felt like a murderer. Taxidermy also got a mention. True, a stuffed pet wouldn't die. But it would stand around in a glass box, advertising death"
"I suppose what I'm getting at here is I'm just too damn angsty to own a pet. Which is a pity because, like I say, I've got a cat flap. And whenever people see it they go, "Ooh, have you got a cat?" and I have to explain that I don't, because of death and everything, and it's a bit of a conversation-killer to be honest. And it's happened so many times now that every time I see the cat flap, I think about the cat I don't have, and how much I'd like one if only it wouldn't die, and then I realise I'm mourning a theoretical cat, which in turn leads me to contemplate how little time I have in my own life, and how I shouldn't really waste it in morbid mental cul-de-sacs, and that makes me sad. The cat flap makes me sad.
Which is why I'm going to stop typing now and brick the bastard up. Who's laughing now, cat flap? WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?"
I Love this article, and its all about pets and immortality!
'To some, pets are a source of cute, absolute love. To me, they're a perpetual looming spectre of death
Somebody suggested buying a scorpion or a tiger. That way, rather than worrying about its death, I'd be worrying about my own'
"I should perhaps point out that I'm not equating wives with pets. For one thing, you can't bury a wife in a shoebox"
"Because animals die, that's why. And they die too soon. They've got short life spans. I had a cat once. And I loved that cat. But eventually the cat died, and I don't know if I want to go through that again. Literally every time I stroke someone else's cat or dog, all I can think is, "Yes, it's lovely, but it'll die". Every time I envisage myself owning a pet, my mind immediately floods with pre-emptive grief. What if it got run over? Or it choked on something? What if I tripped and fell and dropped a Yellow Pages on its head? I just couldn't bear it."
"Yes, I know humans die too, and usually leave even sharper grief in their wake when they do so. But you can't go through life without becoming at least vaguely attached to at least one or two humans in some form or another. The pain they'll cause is unavoidable. Whereas pets seem easier to cut out."
"I know, pet lovers, I know. The joy your pets give while alive far outweighs the grief of their passing. You might even argue that foreknowledge of your pet's future death actually lends your delight in their comparatively fleeting existence even more resonance"
"One person suggested buying something dangerous, like a scorpion or a tiger. That way, rather than worrying about its death, I'd be worrying about my own. Our day-to-day existence would turn into a nail-biting contest in which only one of us would make it out alive"
"Someone else suggested a virtual pet, like a Tamagotchi. I had one of those years ago: accidentally put it through the washing machine in a jeans pocket and felt like a murderer. Taxidermy also got a mention. True, a stuffed pet wouldn't die. But it would stand around in a glass box, advertising death"
"I suppose what I'm getting at here is I'm just too damn angsty to own a pet. Which is a pity because, like I say, I've got a cat flap. And whenever people see it they go, "Ooh, have you got a cat?" and I have to explain that I don't, because of death and everything, and it's a bit of a conversation-killer to be honest. And it's happened so many times now that every time I see the cat flap, I think about the cat I don't have, and how much I'd like one if only it wouldn't die, and then I realise I'm mourning a theoretical cat, which in turn leads me to contemplate how little time I have in my own life, and how I shouldn't really waste it in morbid mental cul-de-sacs, and that makes me sad. The cat flap makes me sad.
Which is why I'm going to stop typing now and brick the bastard up. Who's laughing now, cat flap? WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?"
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