May 7, 2021
A food hub celebrating its fifth birthday has sent a special thank you to a Rotary club for its ongoing financial support.
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The praise for Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club has come from Shrewsbury Food Hub which was established in April 2016, when a small group of environmentally minded volunteers began working out of the boot of cars in a local car park.
In a letter of thanks to Rotary on behalf of the food hub, board trustee Kate Hudson said: “Your kindness and generosity is enormously appreciated at this very critical time in our growth and allows the food hub to continue having a positive impact on the community.”
WTO chief urges UK and US to export vaccines to poorer nations
The head of the World Trade Organization urged rich nations to export more Covid-19 vaccines, singling out the UK and the USÂ as she reiterated the need to ensure poor countries arenât left behind if the world wants to get through the pandemic.
Bloomberg has the details:Â
âVaccine nationalism and inequity doesnât work,â WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said at a virtual trade policy event Monday hosted by the European Commission.
âI would urge those countries that are not sharing, or exporting, to do so as quickly as possible,â Okonjo-Iweala said. âIt would be great if we could get the United Kingdom and the U.S. also to be able to export some of the vaccines made and I think they are gearing up to do so.â
The annual UK-wide count, run by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), is scheduled for February 5-14. To help farmers understand what’s involved, the union is hosting a joint webinar with the GWCT on Monday, February 1, at 7pm via Zoom. The webinar is free and open to all and will hear from FUW president Glyn Roberts, FUW member John Yeomans and Matthew Goodall and Lee Oliver from the GWCT, who will be discussing the birds that we might see and suggest some ideas on what can happen on farms to encourage more bird activity. FUW president Glyn Roberts said: “The aim of the Big Farmland Bird Count is to raise awareness of the great conservation work being done on farms across Wales and to highlight what can be done to help farmland birds survive this difficult time of year so that the breeding populations are increased.