GREEN GRID
Three of Jersey’s utility companies have joined together to support the National Trust for Jersey’s ‘Green Grid’ campaign to plant and restore the Island’s hedgerows. Teams from Jersey Electricity, JT and Jersey Water will fund and volunteer their time to work together to create the largest continuous grid of hedge corridors in Jersey, by planting […]
AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Address to the Jersey Farming Conference by Dr Tim du Feu, manager of the Land Resource Management Team at Natural Environment The number of people working in the industry and the number of politicians present at this year’s Jersey Farming Conference is testament to the challenges the industry faces – and indeed, to the strong […]
RETURN OF THE DOGS
After three years of social distancing during Covid, tails have began to wag again with the return of the Kennel Club’s dog shows. KIERANNE GRIMSHAW went to the Royal Jersey Showground in Trinity to see the dogs and their owners in action. THE Kennel Club of Jersey is back. The year 2022 has been the […]
LOOK! LISTEN! ACT! – THE WI CLIMATE CHANGE FORUM
Cathy Le Feuvre, who hosted the event, reports Around 80 members of the Jersey Women’s Institute gathered at St Lawrence Church on Saturday November 19th for the first Jersey WI Climate Change Forum – an opportunity to learn more about the effects of climate change and to discuss what might be done, including locally, to […]
THE JERSEY ROYAL – THE STATE OF THE POTATO
Alasdair Crosby spoke to Mike Renouard (business unit director) and Nigel Holliday (commercial director) of the Jersey Royal Company This is an expanded version of the interview, under the same title, that appears in the Winter issue of RURAL magazine The Jersey Royal Company is now over 20 years old and is the largest farm […]
AWARENESS OF JERSEY TO BE RAISED AT ARTISTIC WORLD PLATFORM IN DUBAI
Local artist Anita Eastwood has been accepted to exhibit in the 2023 exhibition of World Art Dubai (WAD), which is taking place at the Dubai World Trade Centre in March next year. See www.worldartdubai.com A watercolour and acrylic painter, Anita has been located in Jersey since 1993. She is a member of ‘Genuine Jersey’, as […]
LA RONDE PORTE FARM BEQUEATHED TO THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR JERSEY
The National Trust for Jersey has been bequeathed an historic farm in the Parish of St Saviour. Alasdair Crosby visited the farm and talked to the National Trust’s chief executive, Charles Alluto The page of the wall calendar in the kitchen at La Ronde Porte remains open at April 2022. The owner of the […]
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 Helen Romeril MA VIE D’TRAVÂL’LIE Bouônjour bouonnes gens. Ch’est Helen Romeril tch’a l’pliaîsi d’chârer ses mémouaithes auve vous aniet. Pouor […]
THE REALITY BEHIND DEVELOPING A GENUINE SUSTAINABLE FARMING INDUSTRY IN OUR ISLAND
Address at the start of the 2022 Jersey Farming Conference by Andrew Le Gallais, retiring chairman of the Jersey Milk Marketing Board, 10 November 2022 This year’s Farming Conference has the very pertinent theme of ‘Farming Matters’. I have been fortunate to represent the Dairy Industry for a long time, but I intend to be […]
FARMING MATTERS
Opening address by Deputy Kirsten Morel, Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture , to the Jersey Farming Conference, 10 November 2022 ‘The fact that today’s conference has been fully subscribed I think demonstrates just how important this industry is to our island. Farming is an intrinsic part of Jersey’s identity. It has shaped […]