From garage ... to brewery

Only a third of garages are now used to store cars. So what are people doing with them? Meet four people who have done something a little bit special . . . There will come a time, perhaps sooner than you think, when it seems very quaint that people used to park their cars indoors. Because Britain's garages – at least the ones still being used as garages – are dying out. Today just 34% of the 9 ...

No such thing as "junk" at Eddie's pit

There are, it is true, lots of old cars scattered around Ed Weismiller's pit. There's a '55 Ford Crown Victoria, a '66 Ford Fairlane, a T-Bird, a convertible Olds and even an old school bus, among several others. Some are running and others have plants growing through the windows.

Hertfordshire County Council responds to green critics

AN energy from waste plant is the best solution to Hertfordshire's growing mountain of rubbish, the county council has insisted, stressing the problems of alternative technology.

Egg farmers: Good managing can help control salmonella - USA Today

Egg farmers: Good managing can help control salmonella USA Today By the time the manure reaches the end of the conveyer belts it's also dry when it's scraped off the belt and taken to the farm's composting shed, ... and more »

Jody Scheckter: From Formula One to life in the slow lane - Independent

Jody Scheckter: From Formula One to life in the slow lane Independent Each one is different, from making mozzarella and ice-cream, to salami and bacon, to farming and compost," he says, speaking nearly as fast as he drives. ...