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You are what you eat! MEPs vote for stricter rules on food labels but 'drop traffic light labelling'

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MEPs drop for controversial ‘traffic light labelling’ and go for stricter packaging labels to include more nutritional information and a ‘country of provenance’ indication. It’s good for consumers and South West producers says South West MEP Graham Watson

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What is land for? (You may be surprised at the answer. Clue: it's to do with food, fuel and climate change)

Exeter Univeristy’s Professor Michael Winter edited the book What is Land for? The Food, Fuel and Climate Change Debate, it includes contributions from more than 50 leading academics, including key researchers from the UK research councils’ Rural Economy and Land Use Programme

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Can you make the world cry with your voice?

Are you talented Tenor? Dartington International Summer School is looked for one to be the dastard Pinkerton in Madam Buterfly.

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Not Bad For A Girl: Katie Marie gets tea-ed off

Katie Marie spends a week tackling spiders in her studio without resorting to her famous brews


How fantastic is all this lovely sunshine? It’s almost been worth putting up with all that yucky rain for this wonderful week of wonderful sunny stuff… we want more!

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See how Totnes low-impact community Landmatters live on their open day

The Landmatters community, who live in low-impact dwellings near Totnes, are opening their doors to demonstrate transition and permaculture in action on Sunday June 7.

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Art and food at The Cattle Market Café, Tavistock

Think of a cattle market café and a slightly shabby eatery serving doorstep sandwiches and caustic tea might come to mind – ubiquitous welly-boots and associated manure making for surroundings that are more sterile than welcoming. So the Cattle Market Café in Tavistock is a bit of a welcome surprise.

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No vote or protest vote on June 4? How is it best to show your reaction to politicians’ attitudes to expenses?

Election round up by Disabled Kevin

Until Thursday 14th, I was going to write a piece arguing why you should not use your vote in the European and local elections on June 4, as a protest vote but I cannot think of a good reason why to argue this!

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