A gardener’s privilege
As the barrenness of winter slowly gives way to the sounds and sights of spring, CAT Gardener Petra Weinmann begins to make plans for the CAT gardens. As I write…
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Category: Gardening and Agriculture
From beetroot to butterflies: CAT and National Botanic Garden of Wales launch new gardening courses
A new suite of weekend gardening courses at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) will teach people how to boost biodiversity and start growing food in any size garden, for…
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Things to do in 2020 for a healthy mind, body and planet
If your new year’s resolution is to live better for yourself, your community and the planet, we are here to support you. CAT has a great range of courses that…
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Gardening on the Wild Side with CAT Gardener Petra
With ever increasing loss of species and biodiversity worldwide, can we look to our own green spaces to try and make a difference? We talked to CAT gardener Petra about…
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Making our own (bokashi) compost activator
We may have been composting for ages at CAT, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room to try something different. In November 2019 Fin made a bokashi-like compost activator using basic…
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Pathways to Farming – strengthening the local food economy
One year into the Pathways to Farming project, Coordinator Katie Hastings gives a run down on the work being done to strengthen the local food economy in Machynlleth. When we…
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Easter holidays at CAT
Pull on your wellies and get stuck in with the gardens team at CAT this Easter Holidays! It’s that time of year again when CAT’s gardeners are busy preparing beds,…
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Professor Tim Lang – public lecture on food in a post-Brexit Britain
On the 8th of January 2019 Professor Tim Lang, one of the authors of the recent Eat-Lancet Report, gave a lecture to CAT graduate students exploring the dynamics of our…
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Place and passion
Fernando García Vicario on his journey from CAT volunteer to MSc student. CAT’s international reputation brought me all the way to Mid Wales from my home country of Spain. I was…
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Come and see us at the Energy and Rural Business Show this February
The Energy and Rural Business Show, taking place on 6 and 7 February at Telford International Centre, is an event for farmers and landowners who want to look at options…
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