He said the beds at Itchen Stoke used no chemicals or machinery and described the situation as "horribly unfair". The Environment Agency said it was trying not to burden businesses. It has set new limits on phosphate levels in Hampshire's chalk streams ...
Directives from the EU means farmers are looking at costs of around £1,500 to make the beds at Itchen Stoke 'compliant', including creating a settlement pond for filtering water before it's discharged into the river. A licence is £900 and there is an ...
THE threat of swingeing new charges looks set to kill off one of the most historic watercress beds in Hampshire. Jon Marshall has ceased cultivating the beds at Itchen Stoke, near Alresford after the Environment Agency set a bill for £3,000 to cover ...
Jon Marshall has ceased cultivating the beds at Itchen Stoke, near Alresford, after the Environment Agency set a bill for £3,000 to cover the risk of pollution from his operation. As a result the beds have not been cultivated this year. The land is ...