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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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' :)
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...
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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