It is an often quoted statistic in agriculture that the average age of the UK farmer is 59. What we can sometimes forget is that the UK picture is part of a wider social European landscape of older farmers. Only 7/10 per cent (conventional /organic) of all farmers in the European Union are below the age of 35 years. This is particularly worrying as farming is an intergenerational activity. …Continue reading Inspirational Young Farmers across Europe in the spotlight in new documentary series
Keeping it Real: Reflections on the Oxford Real Farming Conference January 6-7th 2014
Back in 1944, Walter Goldschmidt conducted research which showed a causal relation between industrial agricultural structures and deteriorating community conditions. “As you sow, so you shall reap”, he counselled. Food, and its production, has the potential to make or break connections between people. The Oxford Real Farming Conference is now in its fifth year, and…Continue reading Keeping it Real: Reflections on the Oxford Real Farming Conference January 6-7th 2014
Prince Charles’s brilliant summary of the challenges facing farming
Read his piece in Country Life Magazine…Continue reading Prince Charles’s brilliant summary of the challenges facing farming
Saving Rush Farm: Stockwood Community Benefit Society Share Offer extended
Press Release: Opportunity to co-own The Archers’ farm and secure its sustainable future in community share offer: now extended until 31st December 2013…Continue reading Saving Rush Farm: Stockwood Community Benefit Society Share Offer extended