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    Are you BAME, LBGT, a new entrant from the city, a young farmer or just a bit odd?

    I'm not actually making any assumptions. I'm just trying to stand up for a different group of people and raise a slightly alternative point.
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    Are you BAME, LBGT, a new entrant from the city, a young farmer or just a bit odd?

    Actually no, you are proving my assumptions and pre-conceived ideas :)
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    Are you BAME, LBGT, a new entrant from the city, a young farmer or just a bit odd?

    Thank you so much for your comments. You're right I have started a number of threads looking at a similar (but subtly different) issues. It's great to get everyone's feedback and very revealing to see what a portion of the agricultural community feel about this issue. In my view (and bear...
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    Are you BAME, LBGT, a new entrant from the city, a young farmer or just a bit odd?

    You should read this report... I think people from minority background feel very differently.
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    Are you BAME, LBGT, a new entrant from the city, a young farmer or just a bit odd?

    Hi, I'm running a project and have made a prototype for online community and forum for people who feel a bit 'outside' the regular farming community. I'm looking for help and feedback and would absolutely love it if TFF can help me out! Please check out this site www.hefted.org and let me know...
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    Starting a farm from nothing... I mean nothing

    Hi Pipkins thanks for the reply.... actually I am looking at slightly older people (18-24). The vision is that someone who might have left school with no qualifications and few prospects could think 'yeah, actually farming could be great for me... It's welcoming, exciting, meaningful and beats...
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    Starting a farm from nothing... I mean nothing

    I honestly never expected so many great responses to this thread - it's all very helpful. New question... How would you get young people from cities (with NO experience) into farming? Not petting zoos where children take photos of buttercups and bottle feed lambs but proper, profitable...
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    Starting a farm from nothing... I mean nothing

    Hey - thank you so much for your reply... it seems like I am onto something with this but I'm not entirely sure how to proceed if farmers are reluctant to get inner-city types working on farms. Do you have any suggestions for ways I could go about it? - I'm interested in what you're saying about...
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    Starting a farm from nothing... I mean nothing

    Good advice thank you - wasn't aware of RABI but will get them a shout!
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    Help me with a Postgraduate Project

    Many of these guys have never been into the countryside ever. I could get them to camp but the whole thing would be a total culture shock for them.
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    Help me with a Postgraduate Project

    haha - I'm only joking but what I mean is that I don't want to address just the young people who are already interested... if you know what I mean?
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    Starting a farm from nothing... I mean nothing

    Also - if I can't sort this out I'm thinking 'maybe I could start a small farm specifically for this purpose'
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    Starting a farm from nothing... I mean nothing

    Hi Joe Soapy, actually no. I'm a postgraduate student and I'm trying to bridge quite a complicated gap... Young black and ethnic minority groups in cities have almost zero access to the countryside, poor diets and very high unemployment - the farming industry needs more young people and is very...
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    Starting a farm from nothing... I mean nothing

    Good advice... I guess I need to find a weird product? I know goat meat is making a comeback - any other thoughts for crazy farming enterprises... what would you do if you weren't 'tainted' :)
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    Starting a farm from nothing... I mean nothing

    Great - I had no idea about these guys so I will reach out to them!
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    Help me with a Postgraduate Project

    Yeah this is great! but my concern is that only new age hippies will be into it :(
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    Help with a Postgraduate Project

    Hi Rod, Thanks for the reply - if you know of anyone who might interested then please do let me know... But I will keep you posted!
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    Starting a farm from nothing... I mean nothing

    You don't know any farmers that might be willing to help me with exactly this do you?
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    Starting a farm from nothing... I mean nothing

    Wow! What a great reply - thank you so much for being so thorough! so I'm looking at several tens of thousands of pounds? Not impossible but definitely hard work I can see that... Maybe I need to look at getting funding as I don't have loads of money or an amazing income (I'm just a student at...
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    Starting a farm from nothing... I mean nothing

    So I'm based in London and I do have some hands-on experience but (long story short) I'm running a project to try and get urban younger people without any experience more interested in farming... A lot of working farms are understandably reluctant to give experience to and host complete novices...
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