Formed in spring 2002, after the closure of Gloucester Market in 2001 and the foot-and-mouth outbreak, the group has its own collection centre and has grown in numbers from four founding members to more than 35 regularly using the scheme. Based at Henry and Carol Dunn's 202ha (500-acre) mixed farm, Upleadon Court, the collection centre is run on an entirely non-profit-making basis by the farmer members and operates twice a week in peak periods and once a week for the rest of the year....

Methane is among the most potent greenhouse gases and scientists say controlling emissions from cows and sheep, rice fields and the oil and gas industry is a major step in limiting climate change. The farm animals produce lots of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that gets far less public attention than carbon dioxide yet is at the heart of efforts to fight climate change. This is because capturing methane from landfills, mines, or from fossil fuel production or natural gas lines is pretty...

I m wholly convinced that the Ugg foundation started the fad because they thought it would be funny for women to wear something so hideous as a fashion accessory. Inevitably, each of these principles usually in regard to some aspect of popular culture was discarded when I realized I was being stupid and/or stopped caring. In middle school it was boy bands, freshman/sophomore year of high school the color pink, junior year, Pink, senior year, Juicy sweatsuits, and, until this year, text...

Over dissonant acoustic guitar chords and waltzing rhythms, Hall trills and chirrups intimate stories drawn from her experiences in relationships. Goats seem to be stubborn, relentless creatures, constantly bleating and nudging everything about. The resulting sound is earthier, more political and more grounded in the nitty-gritty of human emotion than Newsom. Yet, they can be sweet, tenacious and independent. Hall, guitar/vocals, with occasional help from Eli Kaufman on accordion and...

Christina Childs cchilds@weatherforddemocrat.com When Peaster native Tacy Thurn Ellis isn t busy jotting down short stories or penning her latest manuscript, she s mostly likely doing one of two things, teaching in a high school classroom or mingling with the many goats on her Woodson, Texas, farm. Christina Childs cchilds@weatherforddemocrat.com When Peaster native Tacy Thurn Ellis isn t busy jotting down short stories or penning her latest manuscript, she s mostly likely doing one of two...