Kids reconnect with nature and get down and dirty at Food and Farming Day 2014
The second annual Kids’ Country Food and Farming event was hailed a success with over 5,500 children from schools across the Eastern region, coming together to learn where food comes from and the importance of agriculture. Staged at the Peterborough Showground on Friday 11th July, the free one-day event, organised by the East of England […]
Sunday sees 100th Ashby Show
Ashby Show is celebrating its centenary in style with a member of the Royal Family conducting the official opening, a BBC presenter judging livestock classes and a world-class motocross stunt team wowing the crowds. The Show opens to the public at 8.30am on Sunday 13th July, at Cattows Farm, Heather in North West Leicestershire. His […]
Sunshine brings 156th Great Yorkshire Show to a close
Organisers announced a gate figure of 130,949, compared with last year’s 134,837. HRH The Princess Royal and HRH The Countess of Wessex toured England’s premier agricultural event meeting visitors, seeing top class livestock and enjoying the diversity of rural life showcased at the event. Bill Cowling said: We’ve had an exceptional three days with super […]
Agricultural Shows: What’s the impact?
Greg Thomas, a postgraduate researcher at Aberystwyth University, will be investigating this year’s Royal Welsh Agricultural Show to see the impact it has on modern day rural Wales. The 2014 Royal Welsh Agricultural Show will see the launch of an exciting PhD research project entitled “Agricultural Shows: Driving and Displaying Rural Change”, and mark the […]
Global Forum For Innovations In Agriculture (GFIA) wins best conference at 2014 Middle East Event Awards
The Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA), the world’s most influential event for the future of sustainable agriculture, has been recognised for its contribution to agricultural innovation by winning the prestigious “Best Conference” Award at the Middle East Event Awards ceremony, held recently in Dubai. GFIA was launched earlier this year in Abu Dhabi, […]
Livestock Event achieves record attendance, up 6%
A record 17,000 visitors attended the Livestock Event staged at The NEC, Birmingham on 2 and 3 July. The figure was up 6% on the year. “The event continues to evolve and goes from strength to strength,” said RABDF chief executive, Nick Everington. “The main trade halls buzzed throughout as visitors explored the latest technology, […]
Celebrities create a buzz for local bee charity
BBC bee lovers including Sophie Raworth, Kirsty Wark, Jeremy Paxman, James Naughtie and Bill Turnbull will be attending an exclusive bee garden party on July 1st hosted by Martha Kearney from Radio Four, presenter of The Wonder of Bees and Hive Alive. The sold out charity event is being held in the beautiful gardens of Lambeth […]
Harvesting success for children at Kids Country event
Over 400 local school children recently returned to the East of England Showground, for a dedicated Kids Country event, to harvest an abundance of potatoes and beetroot that they had planted earlier on in the year. Following from the successful crop planting day, that the showground hosted in March, the children aged from 7 to […]
Conference success shows industry support
This year’s MEA Dealer Conference was hailed a real success after over 80 dealers, technicians, processers and parlour manufacturers attended to discuss the Parlour Safe scheme and learn more about plans for 2014. Hosted at Warwick Racecourse early in June, the Conference’s content was focused firmly on ‘what’s in it for me?’ and saw keynote […]
