Minister To Protect Bluefin Tuna

The Minister for the Environment, Deputy John Young, has signed a ministerial decision to protect Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) stocks in Jersey water. The ministerial decision will amend the Conservation of Wildlife (Jersey) Law 2000 to add Atlantic Bluefin Tuna to list of species that cannot be caught in Jersey waters. The list currently […]

This Is The House That You Built

Why should a self-build project have to come to a halt, just because of current difficult times? If you have a project and are in the process of designing or completing a change to designs, come and join head architect and the UK chief executive officer of ‘Baufritz’, Oliver Rehm, for an online planning workshop. […]

The Jersey Summer Exhibition

ALTHOUGH the CCA International galleries in Hill Street are temporarily closed, preparations are continuing for the Jersey Summer exhibition. The dates for the Jersey Summer Exhibition are Friday 19 June to Wednesday 29 July. Gallery director Sasha Gibb was adamant that the show would go on – whatever the coronavirus situation.  She said: ‘As the […]

Island Ecology And Biodiversity

The Jersey International Centre of Advanced Studies is offering a one-week summer school in Island Ecology and Biodiversity as part of its Life Long Learning programme. The short course covers a range of topics, including island ecology, island biodiversity, invasive species on islands and island and climate change. There will be four days of lectures […]

How To Get Rural Delivered To Your Door!

We are especially grateful to our friends and neighbours who are providing a home delivery service and have said that with every home delivery they will also deliver a copy of the latest (Spring) edition of RURAL Fungi Delecti – home deliveries! The company houses over 1,600 product lines and delivers over 150 full pallets […]

Anyone for £22,000?

No one, surely? If this offer may be of some potential interest, however, please note that this applies exclusively to registered charities: the West Show Association is disbanding and is planning to disburse its funds – some £22,000 – to registered Jersey charities with aims similar to its own aims. These include: ‘to provide and encourage […]

RURAL MAGAZINE – NEW WEBSITE

‘THINGS are looking up.’ I cannot believe I wrote this on what we call the magazine’s ‘Welcome page’ just a couple of weeks ago.  It is one of the very last things that get written in each edition, so this up-beat reflection was e-penned on 9 March.   What a difference a few days makes! […]

WHY ARE JERSEY’S SOILS BEING POISONED?

GLYN MITCHELL, whose contributions to RURAL we look forward in forthcoming issues, asks: If herbicides are so good, why do we still have weeds? Kill it and claim it Recycle and regenerate PEOPLE tend to assume that organic farming and sustainability go hand in hand. But this is not necessarily the case – and hasn’t […]