JERSEY DAIRY RETAINS ITS ‘DOUBLE A’ STATUS
Jersey Dairy has announces that for the twelfth consecutive year it has been awarded and maintained the top-grade AA for its annual British Retail Consortium (BRC) inspection. The Dairy has commented: ‘This is a testament of the continued product safety, operational controls, and excellent quality services that we provide to our customers.’ The BRC has […]
EUNE FROUQU’THÉE D’JÈRRIAIS – (A FORKFUL OF JÈRRIAIS)
We continue our series of article 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 Pauline Snarey Bouônjour bouonnes gens, ch’est Pauline Snarey tch’a l’privilège d’vos présenter eune frouqu’thée d’Jèrriais chutte semaine. J’voudrais chârer auve […]
LA GIGOULANDE MILL’S NEW FOOTPATH
A NEW footpath has been opened in St Mary, linking a historic mill and the headquarters of the National Trust for Jersey. The path at La Gigoulande Mill, which will join with the path through St Peter’s Valley to create a north-south route across the Island, was opened by the Lieutenant-Governor, Vice-Admiral Jerry Kyd. The […]
PONDWATCH RETURNS FOR FIFTH YEAR RUNNING
Islanders interested in nature are encouraged to take part in assessing Jersey’s pond life and attend a free training event on Saturday 28 January. There are two different ways to get involved in Pondwatch depending on interest, availability, and experience: • Level 1 – spend 30 minutes observing wildlife in ponds and send results to […]
CHINON – RED WINE AND HISTORY
Hamish Marett-Crosby looks at wine regions and discovering there is much more to be found there than vineyards. Indeed, they are as much fun travelling to, as they are buying wine from. Having visited the ancient, fortified town of Chinon he came away convinced that only the most boring of us would go there and […]
CHAIRMAN OF JERSEY MILK MARKETING BOARD RETIRES AFTER 23 YEARS
Andrew Le Gallais MBE, Chairman of the Jersey Milk Marketing Board retired in December as chairman after 23 years of service and dedication to the Island’s dairy industry and its pedigree Jersey cow. For more than half his life, Andrew has been an influential and hugely respected member of the Jersey Milk Marketing Board. Andrew […]
WOODLANDS FARM – TRAGIC LOSS OF A DAIRY HERD
The devastating events at Woodlands Farm, Mont-à-l’Abbé, in which 112 dairy cows at a Jersey farm have fallen ill over this past week, are now only too well-known around the Island and the shocking incident has been reported upon by the news-gathering media. These notes are primarily for readers living overseas who may not have […]
SOCIÉTÉ JERSIAISE CELEBRATES 150 YEARS OF PRESERVING AND RESEARCHING THE ISLAND’S HERITAGE
In January 1873, a group of prominent Islanders put their heads together and discussed creating an organisation that would protect the Island’s heritage and preserve its history and historic sites. Later that month they ratified their agreement and the Société Jersiaise was born. It was the only institution of its kind that pledged to protect […]
SIGNS OF THE TIMES
Over the last couple of years, RURAL magazine’s e-mail newsletter, RURAL POST, has always begun with photos taken by Islanders of the changing year in farming and the countryside. At the moment, RURAL POST is ‘having a rest’, while we re-develop our website in time for the 10th anniversary of the magazine in March. However, […]
SWANS, HARES, AND DRAGONFLIES…
…. and quite a lot else! James Doran-Webb, who creates animal sculptures from driftwood and stainless steel, talked to Alasdair Crosby following his last exhibition at Trinity Manor in November 2022 The driftwood animal sculptures of James Doran-Webb underwent what might be called ‘user trials’ at his last exhibition in the gardens of Trinity Manor. […]