THE JERSEY FARMING CONFERENCE – OPENING ADDRESS

Opening address by Senator LYNDON FARNHAM The conference took place at La Mare on Thursday November. Senator Farnham was due to deliver the opening address, but at the last moment was unable to attend due to pressure of States business. His address was read by Assistant Economy director John Vautier: Ladies and Gentlemen, It is […]
THE JERSEY FARMING CONFERENCE 2020

Last week, on Thursday 5 November, the annual Jersey Farming Conference took place. It was organised by Farm Jersey, and sponsored by Jersey Water and Islands Insurance. The programme was as follows: * Opening address by Senator Lyndon Farnham, Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture (delivered in his absence by John Vautier, assistant […]
TRINITY MANOR – NEW GARDENING APPRENTICESHIP

]]By head of education and development at the RJA&HS, Jess McGovern A unique opportunity has arisen for anyone aged between 18 and 25, who may be interested in a career in horticulture: an apprenticeship in the gardens of Trinity Manor, being trained by and working with the gardening team headed by David Room and Olly Keylock […]
THE JERSEY CIDER APPLE QUILT

An update and ‘thank-you’ from Volunteer Coordinator at Jersey Heritage, Julia Coutanche In March 2019 Jersey Heritage launched a community project to create a patchwork celebrating Jersey’s rich history of growing apples and making cider. All in all it has been a brilliant response – we have received some absolutely beautifully decorated squares (‘blocks’) and […]
ROYAL PROGRESS

Update on this year’s Jersey Royal season, by William Church, sales and marketing director of Jersey Royal Company Ltd At the time of writing the process of grading and ‘standing’ seed is well-underway and the first area of indoor Jersey Royals to supply the early wholesale market trade for the 2021 season has already been […]
FIRST ‘TINY FOREST’ PLANTING PARTNERSHIP

A project is underway between the Government and the charity, Earthwatch Europe, to plant the first ‘Tiny Forest’ in the Island in response to the climate emergency. A Tiny Forest is made up of densely packed native trees, the size of a tennis court and is planted in urban areas where space is limited. The […]
JERSEY IN BLOOM 2020

By Jeff Hathaway of ‘Natural Jersey’ There was great expectation at the start of the year that Jersey would once again excel in both Jersey in Bloom and the national Britain in Bloom events. It had certainly been the case that after the successes of 2019 the various Parish teams had been busy working upon […]
REPAIRING THINGS –TO REPAIR THE MODERN ‘THROW-AWAY’ WAY OF LIFE

Caroline Spencer spoke to Simon Langlois, who co-founded the St Brelade’s Repair Café with Max Livesey What is your background? I got into radio and electronics at school, then studied electronics and communications engineering for three years in the UK before becoming a Merchant Navy Officer. I returned to Jersey after 11 years to become an […]
AHIMSA – A PERSONAL JOURNEY TO COMPASSION

RURAL magazine’s environment writer, Caroline Spencer, relates in her recent book, ‘AHIMSA’, why she went vegan last year WE are being bombarded with so much information about the state of planet Earth that it is easy to be overwhelmed. It can be difficult to know where to start. Can anyone really make a difference? Well, […]
PRISONERS BREAK VEGETABLE RECORDS

Inmates at HMP La Moye took part in the Autumn Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Show at the RJA&HS earlier this month and broke five records in the heaviest and longest fruit and vegetable classes. As with the RJA&HS Summer Flower and Produce Show, competitors were judged virtually in order to minimise the risk of COVID-19 […]