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Rural Education Matters: Olivia Shave 鈥� "Farming belongs in the classroom"

Rural Education Matters: Olivia Shave 鈥� "Farming belongs in the classroom"

Olivia Shave, founder of Eco Ewe and campaigner for food and farming education in schools, explains why embedding these topics onto the national curriculum is essential for public health, the environment and future generations

Education
Olivia Shave
clock 31 July 2025 鈥� 5 min read
Environment

EXCLUSIVE - Baroness Shaista Sheehan: "45% of fertiliser applied to land is being lost to the environment rather than being taken up by crops"

clock 31 July 2025 鈥� 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Peter Medler: "Children need to learn about food and farming from a young age"

clock 30 July 2025 鈥� 3 min read
Farm Business

Farming Matters: "The sector is already struggling. This IHT legislation risks being the final straw for some"

clock 29 July 2025 鈥� 3 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - Sir Mark Spencer on IHT: "Young farmers are walking away from the sector"

clock 29 July 2025 鈥� 2 min read
Environment

Letters: "Chris Packham's blaming of sheep for Dartmoor's environmental degradation is an oversimplification"

clock 29 July 2025 鈥� 1 min read
Politics

EXCLUSIVE - George Dunn on IHT: "We need flexibility for the very elderly or those with a terminal illness"

clock 28 July 2025 鈥� 3 min read
In your field: Emma Robinson - "We have to choose either BPS or SFS, but what will happen if Labour lose the majority of seats in the Senedd at May's election?

In your field

In your field: Emma Robinson - "We have to choose either BPS or SFS, but what will happen if Labour lose the majority of seats in the Senedd at May's election?

Emma and her family farm in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma is Monmouthshire NFU chair and volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution

clock 28 July 2025 鈥� 3 min read
In your field: Roger Nicholson - "We must hang on to the events that remain and enthusiastically promote our industry"

In your field

In your field: Roger Nicholson - "We must hang on to the events that remain and enthusiastically promote our industry"

Roger Nicholson farms with his family at the heavily diversified Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, which has sparked various Channel 5 series including 'Springtime on the Farm'. Roger, 81, farms with his sons Dave and Robert and says he has no plans to retire just yet

clock 27 July 2025 鈥� 3 min read
Road to regen: Silas Hedley-Lawrence - "There is a lot of low hanging fruit to make small tweaks in any farming business to help reduce costs"

Farm Business

Road to regen: Silas Hedley-Lawrence - "There is a lot of low hanging fruit to make small tweaks in any farming business to help reduce costs"

Silas Hedley鈥揕awrence is a farmer, coach and consultant with a decade of hands-on experience in regenerative agriculture. With a background rooted in both commercial and direct selling models, he champions lean, profitable farming systems that increase biodiversity and soil health. Silas is an Integrity Soils trained agroecological coach from the Yellowstone 2024 cohort

clock 25 July 2025 鈥� 3 min read