M&S announces Farming For The Future award winners
Farmers from Orkney, Laurencekirk and Shetland have today been named as winners in this year’s prestigious M&S ‘Farming for the Future’ awards, announced at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh (Thursday, 18 June). The winners are: Young Producer of the year: Ross Mitchell of Castleton Fruit Farm, producer of soft fruits to M&S Innovation: Michael […]
Sooty Sweeps the Board at the 2015 NBA Beef Expo
Held at the York Auction Centre, the 2015 NBA Beef Expo had its view firmly fixed on the future. Its theme was focused on technology and its power to improve day-to-day farming, together with the changing needs of modern consumers and what they want from the marketplace. The event started on Wednesday with over 250 […]
Bicton College Volunteers bring Farm Wise to the Devon County Show
Bicton College students will play a vital role in bringing Farm Wise to the Devon County Show this year. Led by a team of volunteers from the land-based education provider, Farm Wise is an annual event that takes place at Westpoint Arena. A perfect pairing with the Devon County Show, the initiative offers school children […]
Lifetime achievement award for Great Yorkshire Show Director
There was a standing ovation for Bill Cowling, Honorary Show Director for the Great Yorkshire Show, when he received the Lifetime Achievement Award at a business awards event last night. Bill received the highest accolade at the awards in front of an audience of more than 400 people. The 2015 Great Yorkshire Show will be […]
LEAF calls on farmers to help educate tomorrow’s consumers
Following the success of Open Farm School Days last year, campaign organiser LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming), is encouraging farmers to invite schools onto their farms to enable pupils to gain a better understanding of where their food comes from and the vital work farmers do to manage the countryside. Open Farm School Days is […]
Watts Farms have a fresh new look for IFE 2015
600 hectares of the Kent and Essex country side is filled with the freshest, finest produce that Britain can provide. Watts Farms are passionate family farmers who supply over 500 restaurants and hotels across the UK, with top quality produce from the huge selection of crops they grow on their eight farms. Growing their own […]
Record number of visitors to farming renewables event
More farmers and landowners than ever came through the doors at this year’s Energy Now Expo. As the importance of renewable energy grows on our country’s farms, farmers and landowners from all over the country, are turning to the expo, as the only event entirely dedicated to the agricultural sector. The most notable difference this […]
Countryside Values for the 21st Century
‘Countryside Values for the 21st Century’, was based around three themes; ‘Inclusive food systems’, ‘Well-being, Happiness and Rural Policy’ and ‘Learning and Innovation for Sustainable Farm Businesses’. Delegates enjoyed a range of presentations that highlighted the link between social science theory and changes to policy and practice on the ground. It examined how topics once confined […]
The Oxford Real Farming Conference comes of age in its sell out 6th year
As it entered its 6th year this week, the Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) brought together 650 farmers, growers, scientists and economists from across the globe for two days of talks, debates and hands on workshops, demonstrating a growing demand to challenge the status quo in agriculture. Over recent years, the conference has steadily been […]
