A MEETING IN BRISTOL NEXT MONTH – “PLANET LOCAL SUMMIT” – WILL DISCUSS THE KIND OF INITIATIVES THAT ARE NEEDED IF EVER WE’RE TO PUT THE WORLD TO RIGHTS
By Colin Tudge As the world burns and floods and the world’s most powerful people continue to offer more of the same — or else are in denial or simply struggle to stay in office and out of jail — it becomes more and more obvious that the world really does need a complete re-think […]
THE MAGIC OF THE JERSEY HORSE OF THE YEAR SHOW
In advance of this year’s Jersey Horse of the Year Show, Ruth Le Cocq met the originator of the show, Karen Barette, chair of Home Farm Equestrian The second Jersey Horse of the Year Show (JHOYS) starts in September, with all ten days being livestreamed enabling more people to enjoy the wonder of horses […]
REGENERATION
The recently announced Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey’s Agriculture and Horticulture Bursaries: could this herald a regeneration for the Island’s farming industry? By Alasdair Crosby Let’s start by talking about the weather – after all, we are British. The weather recently has been quite vile at times – as readers may have noticed – and supermarket […]
SUMMER FLOWER AND PRODUCE SHOW OF RJA&HS
ME AND THE MASTER
Noel Coward’s famous comedy, ‘Blithe Spirit’, is being presented at the Arts Centre, from 6 to 9 September. Book now! Its presenter, Tessa Coleman (also taking the leading part of ‘Madame Arcati’), describes her lifelong fascination with ‘The Master’ Some readers may know that my company, TC productions, was due to present the immortal (in […]
SORGHUM: THE CLIMATE-SMART CROP TO FEED THE FUTURE
By Nate Blum, chief executive officer of BlüMilo and Sorghum United – an international NGO serving to advance education and markets development for sorghum and adjacent small grains. The intensifying climate crisis poses an unprecedented threat to global food security. As climate experts warn of increased drought, flooding and extreme temperatures in the coming decades, […]
THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR’S AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE BURSARIES
His Majesty’s Receiver General has announced that the Crown in Jersey has set aside funds to support bursaries for studying agriculture or horticulture to mark the Coronation year of King Charles III. The bursaries are available to any Jersey resident who is seeking to study these subjects. The support would be for any learning programme […]
ENDANGERED FOODS
Many ‘endangered’ foods are still being grown in people’s gardens, however the commercial sources have become extremely scarce. The summer months provide an abundance of examples. By Suzanne Wynn During my time with Slow Food, the question I was most frequently asked about our register of endangered foods (The Ark of Taste) was for examples […]
RURAL JERSEY LANDSCAPE AWARDS FOR 2023
The 5th annual RURAL magazine Jersey Landscape Awards for 2023 has been won by Ann Morgan for her painting Early Morning, Bouley Bay. Runner-up was Celina Borfiga’s Icho Tower. Third place went to Patrick Malacarnet for The red barn, Parish of St. Clement The first prize was a cheque for £500, sponsored by BCR Law. Second […]
EUNE FROUQU’THÉE D’JÈRRIAIS – (A FORKFUL OF JÈRRIAIS)
We continue our series of articles in Jèrriais – Jersey’s own traditional native language. The ‘frouque’ in question is a digging fork, rather than a table fork. An English translation follows. This contribution comes from Wendy Middleton DES OUAÎSIEAUX DANS LES FÔSSÉS Eune matînnée întérêssante et tchi fait èrfliéchi, pâssée en compangnie d’ Cris Sellarés, […]