Environmentalists, the government, and gardening organisations all agree that the use of peat should be phased out and replaced by sustainable and if possible, locally sourced alternatives.

She never considered using peat. Traditionally, peat fires were used to dry malted barley. "Extracting peat to burn is not sustainable. Peatlands are created over a very long time. They are a ...

The Somerset Levels contain almost 11 million tonnes of carbon stored in peat A Somerset MP has called for a ban on the use of peat to be sped up. Sarah Dyke, Liberal Democrat MP for Glastonbury ...

Peat soil is rich in organic matter but low in nutrients, requiring supplementation for optimal plant growth. Plants like ...

Peatlands are incredibly special habitats, made up of highly adapted plant species and home to a range of rare and important wildlife. They absorb carbon from the atmosphere and lock it up in peat.

A Somerset MP has called for a ban on the use of peat to be sped up. Sarah Dyke, Liberal Democrat MP for Glastonbury and Somerton, has brought forward a bill in parliament calling for a timeframe ...

To peat or not to peat? For some whiskey lovers, that is at least a question, if not the question, when deciding what to drink. Peat, which is measured in PPM, can be a very divisive flavor ...

A Scottish food and drink entrepreneur has launched a new range of peat-smoked tomato sauces. The business pivot which has been 12 months in the making, has seen an award winning bloody mary ...

Large-scale peat extraction continued on Bord na Móna lands after the company formally declared it had permanently ceased production. The unauthorised activities are ­attributed to outside ...

But North America has its peat bogs, too, and some of them contain the remarkably well-preserved remains of ancient people. One site in particular stands out as America's premier bog-body site ...

‘Unauthorised activity’ seen, with €39m worth of turf exported last year EPA opens scores of investigations into suspected illegal peat extraction at bogs countrywide The Environmental ...

Of those eight teams, only one made further history by pulling off the three-peat: UCLA won seven in a row under coach John Wooden from 1967-73. Amid college basketball’s intriguing list of ...