‘Grown in Britain’ campaign could help smaller woodland owners
by Angus, 23 January, 2014, 2 comments
A recent report on "Creating a sustainable future for our woodlands and forests" forms the basis for a new campaign - Grown in Britain. This campaign aims to promote products grown in UK woodlands, to pull private funding towards British Forestry and to harness the positive energy around woodlands in general. The Grown in Britain campaign grew out of the 2012 Independent Panel on Forestry and is making a good start at promoting UK timber production. At a Woodfuel conference (last Autumn) in Surrey Hills , the director of the campaign, Peter Bonfield, joked that this is about being "Grown in Britain" and not about a "Groan in Britain". Read more...