Have you ever dreamt of a relaxing trip around Britain’s iconic rural landscapes – off the beaten track as well as to famous locations? En route enjoying great food and interesting conversations with locals involved in agriculture, as well as other farmers on the tour? Visiting a great variety of ag-related and cultural highlights? From […]
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2019 Farm tour of Ireland, Wales, England & Scotland – F.A.Q.
March 20th, 2019Quadrant farm tour to Ireland, Scotland and England in August/September
October 25th, 2013Still sorting the (thousands) of photos I took on this fabulous tour. But couldn’t resist quickly posting a few of my phone pics today.
The Farm Fixer; BBC television series, now on SBS Television
June 10th, 2013British television is sprinkled with television programmes that feature rural landscapes. Better still, they have more programmes that feature farming. The latest BBC farm-featuring documentary to appear in Australia is “The Farm Fixer”; screening on SBS HD, 6pm. The 8 part ‘reality’ series is set in Northern Ireland, and features Nick Hewer offering diversification advice to struggling farmers. […]
#Peasenhallpigs – A tide of change against the noisy minority
March 10th, 2013Peasenhall Primary School in Suffolk, UK, has developed a scheme to educate students about where their meat comes from by raising pigs. Fairly predictably, there has been an abusive outcry from vegans/animal rights extremists. Organisers received 400+ derogatory emails, calling them ‘child abusers’, ‘pointless mothers’ etc. Nothing especially unusual about any of the vitriol, unfortunately. […]