Yorkshire Post Wednesday June 29 2011

� great yorkshireshow 2011

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The Country Pursuits area isalways popular with visitorsand 2011 will be no exception,with the two large pondsforming the focal point foractivities during the threedays.

Within the area, the gameCookery Theatre never fails toattract a huge crowd, and hereTV celebrity chef RosemaryShrager will be carrying outtwo one-hour game-cookingworkshops on each of theshow days. In addition,five chefs from well-knownYorkshire restaurants will alsobe demonstrating a variety ofrecipes, using game as theirinspiration.

Further highlights fromthis year’s programmeinclude a Wildfowlers Pastand Present display, by ChrisGreen, followed by a gundogdemonstration featuringthe renowned Mount Gracegundogs.

There is also the opportunityto try your hand at fly-castingas part of an entertaining andinformative demonstrationgiven by Roger Beck, withtuition provided by membersof the Salmon & TroutAssociation.

For the second yearrunning, Chris Green willpresent a fascinating talk anddemonstration on decoyingwood pigeons, while BenPotter will feature with the

falconry display, which will befollowed by the British DeerSociety demonstration.

The Pakefield Ferrets will bein action, courtesy of SimonWhitehead, and the Displayof hounds, accompanied bygreyhounds and whippetsfrom a variety of Yorkshire-based packs, will doubtlessonce again draw thecrowds.

The Countryside Alliancestand will have a ‘new look’this year. Along with the usualattractions it will feature twolocal Rural Award winners,Ainsty Farm Shop and TheSheffield honey Company,plus a gunsmiths standfrom The Brown Trout inharrogate.

Top chefs game for a challenge in Cookery Theatrecountry pursuits

Cooking up a treat: TV celebrity chef Rosemary Shrager.

A new hands-on exhibitionhighlighting the importantrole plants play in saving ourplanet will be unveiled at thisyear’s Great Yorkshire Show.

entitled “The GreenFactory”, the interactiveexhibition will demonstratehow plants can help replacefossil fuels and producematerials as diverse ascosmetics, medicines, fuelsand chemicals.

The Great Yorkshire Show isengland’s premier agriculturalevent and runs from Tuesday,July 12-Thursday, July 14.Organised by the YorkshireAgricultural Society, it isexpected to attract 130,000visitors over the three days,with rural life and agricultureat the top of the agenda.

Dr Joe Ross, a member ofThe Green Factory projectteam and a biorenewablesbusiness developmentmanager at the Universityof York, says: “ Five hundred

years ago, we reliedextensively on plants tomake the products we use ineveryday life.

“Today, developed societiesuse fossil-based resourcesfor the majority of theirchemicals, fuel, energy andmaterials. These are runningout, which means that in aslittle as 100 years, we will haveonce again look to plants toprovide the building blocksfor most of the things wemake.

“The Green Factory willshow the importance of plantsin making things other thanfood. It will demonstrate howwe can use new technology toderive more environmentallyfriendly substances andmaterials from different typesof plants and bi-products offood crops for use in everydaylife.”

The exhibition is dividedinto three zones – Plants,Process and Products, packedwith activities for visitorsof all ages to try, including

making glue from wheat flour,plastic from potato starch andcrushing oilseed rape for fuel.

Visitors will be taken ona journey through a PlantZone with a wide selection ofcommon crops mixed withemerging crops, includingmiscanthus, artemisia andindustrial hemp, through toa Product Zone. here visitorscan see a range of items

that can be created fromplants, including clothing,bags, cosmetics, detergents,moisturisers, lip balm, carpettiles, kitchen utensils, buildingmaterials and fuel.

In the Process Zone, therewill be a number of excitingactivities designed for visitorsto try, including items theycan touch, smell and crush,giving a unique insight

into how new technologyis helping us create newsubstances and material fromplants.

The Green Factory isorganised in conjunctionwith Science City York(SCY) and aims to showcasework being carried out atthe University of York andthe Food and environmentResearch Agency (FeRA). The

National Non-Food CropCentre will be supplying manyof the products and has alsocontributed to the exhibition.

The University of York, SCYand FeRA are establishinga pilot scale facility forprocessing different typesof bio-based feedstocksincluding food waste, whichwill be located in York by theend of 2011.

green factory

plantingthe seedfor thefuture ofthe world

fresh harvest: Plants can help replace fossil fuels and produce materials as diverse as cosmetics, medicines, fuels and chemicals.

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