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With the dairy industy in cri­ sis, Lancashire-basedfamily- owned retail chain Booths has reiterated its pledge to pay farmers more fo r their milk thananyothersupermarket.


I In May 2014 Booths launched its Fair. Milk scheme, pledg­ ing to always pay the highest market price to farmers. The pioneering scheme pledged to ensure that farmers receive a fair price for their milk and could invest in a stable, prof­ itable future as a result. The market price is collect­


ed by an independent price comparison consultancy, milkprices.com, which mon­ itors the farmgate prices of the major UK supermarkets. Booths review the market price regularly, to ensure that it is always paying its farmers more than supermarket rivals. Currently Booths pay 34.5P


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Moulds, yeasts, fungi and eukaryotic organisms - all terms which are now more familiar to members ofClit- heroe and District Probus Club after hearing to their latest guest speaker, Irene Ridge. Oxford research scien­


tist, lecturer, Open Universi­ ty staff, author, and arriving in Clitheroe in 1989, she brought a Wealth of experi­ ence and knowledge to the club’s latest meeting. With digital slides on the screen the speaker dealt enthusi­ astically with her subject, “Fungi - Friend or Foe?” And the answer to the


Lancashire-based retailer Booths has reiterated its pledge to pay its suppliers mo re for their milk


per litre, the highest price in the market, 14.P per litre more than Waitrose and 2.78P more than Sainsbury’s. Chairman Edwin Booth


said, “We are proud to pay farmers more for milk than any other supermarket. Pay­ ing the highest market price -


means family farms are able to keep going, invest in the future and spend more time and money looking after their herds to ensure they produce great quality milk. Claire Barber, a Lanca­


shire farmer who supplies Booths said the Fair Milk


scheme has been life-chang- ingforherfamily:“It’ssecured our future, the kids’ futures, investment, moving forward, animal health and wellbeing. The benefits of an assured “fair price” are not only felt in the financial welfare of the farmer, but in our livestock.”


question in the title was “Yes... both!” Which is why this report will contain no names of friendly or dan­ gerous fungi - no identifi­ cation of edible fungi nor of the highly lethal ones which looked so attractive on the screen. The rule is “Don’t touch them unless you really truly


know what you are doing”. But how useful and es­


sential are those fungi which decompose waste organ­ ic materials? Imagine the state of the earth if nothing rotted away, to be recycled by nature. Not only decom­ posers, some fungi provide food for mammals, are used as a leavening agent for mak­ ing bread, and for bringing about fermentation. Since the 1940s antibiotics have been produced with the aid of fungi whilst byproducts of fungi - enzymes, are to be found in industry and in de­ tergents. Member Gerry Purchase


gave an enthusiastically en­ dorsed vote of thanks. The next meeting of Clitheroe and District Probus Club will be held in the Pendle Club, Lowergate, Clitheroe, on Fri­ day February20th, when Mr Keith Wilson will talk to the title “Is Cotton Dead?” En­ quiries about the club can be made on 01200 427870.


Leesha offers people a chance to think about it


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Meditation techniques that were used by The Beatles are coming to Clitheroe with two open events.


Leesha Gaffney, who has prac­ tised Transcental Meditation since 1978 and became a teach­ er last year, has organised talks at the Post House Hotel, King'Street, on Wednesday February 5th at 7pm and Clit­ heroe Library on Thursday February 26th at lpm, where anyone can find out more about “T.M.” as taught by the late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. “About six million people


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have learned TM since the 1960s. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr still practice it, and so does David Lynch, the film director,” said Leesha, who is originally from Belfast.. “It needs to be practised


twice a day for about 15 min­ utes - first thing in the morn­ ing and in the evening before eating. . “There are lots of benefits


in TM for health and mental potential, and for social be­ haviour. Research has proved it reduces stress and blood pressure and reduces the risk of strokes and heart attacks. “If just one per cent of the population practised it, there


‘Six million have learned sine the1960s’ -Leesha Gaffney.


would be a positive effect on the environment and a reduc­ tion in crime” Leesha’s event is being sup­


ported by Peter Smethurst, of Corbridge Court, Clitheroe, who says TM helped him get his life on track after drink and lifestyle problems. Although TM’s roots are in Hinduism, Peter said it does


not conflict with his own Christian religion, and he is a sidesperson at St Mary’s Church, Clitheroe. He said: “The transforma­


tion in my life was unbeliev­ able. It has been an interesting


journey.” The talks are free to at­


tend, but people who take up TMpayafee to theTM charity.


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