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NEW NcFed Charcoal bags NOW Available!
For use By Members of NcFed- not a member? Join now!
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One of another (and there are many!) good reasons to join NcFed for what is a very reasonable membership rate payable by joining or forming your own Coppice or affiliated group .. not just for Coppicers but also for Greenwood workers, Charcoal makers, Woodland volunteers, lovers of our great British Woodlands etc.
It only needs 10 folks to create a group, chip in ONLY £2.00 each, pay this to NcFed and you’re in!CHARCOAL BAGS READY TO ORDER. I went to see Selway Packaging in Caversham this week to check out the situation with the new NCFED charcoal bags. The large bags (740mm) are in stock and ready for orders. The small bags (530mm) will be in stock from 22nd March. Both will cost 32p plus vat and carriage. Contact Paula Hunt at Seways on 01189 462333 to order. They have agreed that I can bring a load of bags to the next gathering for distribution there as well. Happy charcoal making!! Posted by Dave Jackson.
CLEFT STICK NEWSLETTER.
Our new NcFed e-newsletter will be published on 30th April . If you have any news or interesting articles relevant to the UK Coppice industry you'd like to contribute please email them to us at news@ncfed.org.uk by 31st March. Thanks, Dave Jackson (Cleft Stick Editor)
CHARCOAL BAGS READY TO ORDER. I went to see Selway Packaging in Caversham this week to check out the situation with the new NCFED charcoal bags. The large bags (740mm) are in stock and ready for orders. The small bags (530mm) will be in stock from 22nd March. Both will cost 32p plus vat and carriage. Contact Paula Hunt at Seways on 01189 462333 to order. They have agreed that I can bring a load of bags to the next gathering for distribution there as well. Happy charcoal making!! Posted by Dave Jackson.
Apply for a licence - Grown In Britain
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WOODLAND OWNERS AND CHAIN OF CUSTODY If you are a woodland or forest owner or if you produce or sell GiB products then this is is the licence for you. The steps to apply for a Grown in Britain Licence...Article from Lockhart Garrett January 2019 update
Clean Air Strategy – Domestic Burning and Woodfuel now in the firing line
On 14th January 2019 the government published the Clean Air Strategy. This document states that open fires and wood burning stoves are now the largest single contributors of Primary Particulate Matter (PM), overtaking even the haulage sector, a factor not missed by an article in “FleetNews”.
We have known for some time that this was on the horizon and it is disappointing that despite all the efforts by the sector to promote the efficient use of woodfuel we have not done enough to address the issues and promote the importance of using good quality, well-seasoned woodfuel and well-designed efficient and clean burning technologies.
