FARM OPEN DAYS, ARRANGED BY ‘SCOOP’
SCOOP, the Sustainable Cooperative, has launched a series of Farm Open Days, inviting Islanders to meet and engage with some of the Island’s most invaluable growers and producers. From organic smallholdings, to farms of various sizes, all SCOOP’s growers share an interest in nurturing local ecological habitats, protecting our natural resources and producing wonderful food.Farm […]
THE FUTURE IS HYDROGEN
By Caroine Spencer An environmental campaigner wants to see hydrogen fuel-cell technology introduced to Jersey and Guernsey. Andrew Le Quesne, who chairs Earth Project Jersey, says that he has been on a personal crusade for many years to get the technology accepted locally. ‘There aren’t enough of the right minerals known in the world, […]
UPDATE ON BIRD FLU RESTRICTIONS
Bird flu restrictions and associated biosecurity measures will end in Jersey on Liberation Day (9 May) unless the situation suddenly deteriorates, the Island’s Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed. For now, the avian influenza “Prevention Zone” remains in place across the whole Island, and with it the continued requirement for birdkeepers to house their flocks or […]
JERSEY HEDGEHOG SURVEY 2022
By Gill Morgan of the Jersey Hedgehog Preservation Group You may have read of the concerns over the decline of hedgehog numbers in Britain, with numbers allegedly falling by up to 30% in urban areas and 50% in rural areas over the last 20 years. This has led to one of Britain’s best loved mammals […]
BIRD FLU MEASURES TO REMAIN IN PLACE
Jersey’s Chief Vet has thanked Islanders for their efforts to date to help stop the spread of avian influenza (bird flu). Alistair Breed is also reminding birdkeepers to continue to follow restrictions, which include keeping their birds housed, or otherwise kept separate (by using suitable netting) from wild birds. In February, two wild buzzards and […]
SADIE LE SUEUR-RENNARD, RIP
The sudden death of Sadie Le Sueur-Rennard has come as a sad and sudden shock to all of us at RURAL magazine. Little did we realise, when we interviewed her for the latest ‘Spring’ issue of the magazine, and took the picture of her for the front cover, showing her surrounded by her beloved cows, […]
GENUINE JERSEY MARKETS RESUME THIS MONTH
Genuine Jersey’s monthly Artisan Markets, sponsored by Islands Insurance, return to St Aubin on Saturday 23 April, offering visitors and locals a variety of local crafts, produce and entertainment in front of the Parish Hall. The artisans’ markets will feature some of Jersey’s most talented producers, artists and craftspeople displaying their wares, all of which […]
A STRATEGY FOR JÈRRIAIS, 2022-2025
A strategy for teaching and learning Jèrriais has been launched at a reception held by L’Office d’Jèrriais and the Government of Jersey. Deputy Kirsten Morel , the Assistant Minister with Responsibility for Culture, writing in a foreword to the Strategy document, states: ‘For the first time in my lifetime, it feels as though we’re making […]
GONE AWAY
THE Jersey Drag Hunt will meet without hounds next season for the first time since just after the Second World War. By Ruth Le Cocq Ill health has forced the huntsman, Mark Evans, to retire early after 28 years of caring for the hounds and he will be returning to the UK at the end […]
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 Rod McLoughlin Bouônjour bouannes gens, I’ y’a deux’-trais s’maines, j’fis eune pronm’nade à Sandybrook au c’mîn d’pèrquage tchi mène jusqu’à […]