By Gavin Ashenden It was Ronald Reagan who summed it up best when he said that the top most terrifying words in the English language

By Alasdair Crosby, editor RURAL magazine, the RURAL website and RURAL POST e-mail newsletter When asked that question, I generally answer, so as to give

David and Wilma Finlay have a dairy farm in western Scotland: Rainton Farm, Gatehouse of Fleet, Castle Douglas, Galloway. The intensification of dairy farming has

By Colin Tudge ‘This is just to alert you to my new website, ‘Colin Tudge’s Great Re-Think’ (www.colintudge.com) which is intended to complement the College

Saturday 15 April 2023 – Les Quennevais School Concert Hall – 7.30pm After a hugely successful Christmas Concert when the audience’s imagination was taken to

A few years ago, RURAL magazine organised a series of lectures, titled, What’s for Dinner?, on various aspects of farming and food production. The talks

An on-line talk: Gardening for bats and other wildlife, is taking place on 22 March, starting at 7.30 pm, hosted by the Jersey Bat Group.

The Jersey Dairy has launched a fun competition for local children to win a farm tour during May half term.  It is part of their

This is the title of an event held by the Jersey Gardening Club on Tuesday 21 March: a talk by Rae Beckwith. Rae is a R.H.S. Britain

THE QUEEN’S GREEN CANOPY The RJA&HS will be planting a copse at the Showground: ‘The Queen’s Coppice’ to commemorate the legacy of the Society’s late

Once a month, during most of the summer season, visitors to Auchindrain, Scotland’s last remaining ‘living museum’ township, can listen to the ladies of Sgioba

‘The most important global gathering focused on localization – ever’ : LOCAL FUTURES – host of the Planet Local Summit. ‘Local Futures’, founded by Helena Norberg-Hodge, is an