GREEN CARE WORKS BETTER TOGETHER
Green Care is a rapidly expanding land diversification, which can have a commercial element. Across the South of England there are an average of 15+ farms per county providing the service and countless horticultural/other activities on smallholdings and the like. Visiting participants can be anybody from 9-90yo with an additional need eg autism, learning difficulty […]
VOTE: WHAT MAKES JERSEY UNIQUE?
The breeding of Jersey cows, crafting of cabbage sticks, ringing of bells in the west and performance of Jèrriais – four of the 12 things nominated by Islanders as key to making Jersey what it is today. Should they be on a list of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) to be safeguarded for the future, and […]
CELEBRATE BATS THIS WINTER – GLOBAL EXPERTS JOIN JERSEY BAT GROUP FOR WINTER TALKS SERIES
The Jersey Bat Group has announced its 2025–2026 Winter Talks series, bringing together six inspiring bat experts from around the world for an engaging season of conservation stories, cutting-edge research, and Island-to-international perspectives on bat ecology. Running from November to March, this online speaker series will feature leading bat researchers from Jersey, the UK, and […]
JERSEY FARMING CONFERENCE – 3
A speech by the Minister for The Environment, Deputy Steve Luce, given at the annual Jersey Farming Conference on 6 November 2025. Slightly edited This conference is an annual meeting where farmers and landowners, and the rural community, are brought together to talk and think ‘farming’. Whether you’re a grower, dairy farmer, landowner, or someone who […]
MORE THAN MILK — THE JERSEY COWS’ GIFT TO OUR ISLAND (Jersey Farming Conference — 2)
A speech by the chairman of the Jersey Milk Marketing Board, Phil Le Maistre, given at the annual Jersey Farming Conference on 6 November 2025. Slightly edited Last year, we heard some particularly encouraging news from Alex Bartlett, of Albert Bartlett Ltd, following their acquisition of the Jersey Royal Company. They committed to investing in […]
JERSEY FARMING CONFERENCE – 1
A speech by the Minister for Sustainable Economic Development, Deputy Kirsten Morel, given at the annual Jersey Farming Conference on 6 November 2025. Slightly edited. I’ve been coming to these conferences for a number of years now and every year I’m encouraged when I see new faces and hear new ideas and opportunities being harnessed […]
THE TURNING OF THE WHEEL OF TIME
Our new contributor, Katherine Jauncey, reflects on the traditional meaning of Autumn, the turning of the year and the recipes that go with it As the days become dark and chill, we often wish to hunker down and turn our minds to the upcoming moments of joy and plenty in the otherwise dreary expanse of […]
FOLLOW THE FLOCK
Campaign launched to protect access and promote respect in Jersey’s countryside The Jersey National Park has launched a new campaign, The Black Sheep, to protect access, promote respect, and highlight the shared responsibility of everyone who enjoys the Island’s countryside. Across more than 50 miles of trails, the Park’s paths link coast, countryside, and protected […]
JERSEY’S BIG APPLE
ONCE upon a time, there was an island in the west where apples grew. But this island lay not in the fables of Celtic or Greek mythology; this was a real island in the midst of the cold and salty waters of the English Channel. Jersey was an isle of apples and apple trees. Apple […]
AUTUMN WONDERS
THE Autumn Show of the Royal Jersey Agricultural Society is always a very special event. ‘It feels like a club,’ said one visitor to the show who had rarely been to the society’s cattle and flower shows before. Indeed, it is a club, but one at which all are welcome, and which shows off the […]