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