THE UNSTOPPABLE JERSEY SUMMER EXHIBITION
CCA Galleries International have been inviting visual artists to apply to take part in the 2021 Jersey Summer Exhibition. Artists of all mediums have been invited to apply through www.ccagalleriesinternational.com . The application deadline has now been reached 26 March). All work is for sale and is hung and curated by the gallery. The Rural […]
PATHWAYS RE-IMAGINED
Also from India Hamilton, writing with Milly Warner, is this discussion document on how to create the infrastructure to support the transfer of knowledge and resources between people working within, and moving towards, small and diverse farming. https://www.ruraljersey.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/PATHWAYS-middle-marketing.pdf
THE COUNTRY COMES TO TOWN
Spring flower displays in town window Shops – 26, 27 and 28 March. By Rachelle Robinson, horticultural secretary to the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society THIS year the Spring flower show of the RJA&HS will have a new element to it: displays in town shop windows on 26, 27 AND 28 March. It is something, […]
WHY EVERYBODY SHOULD ATTEND ORFC (THE OXFORD REAL FARMING CONFERENCE)
A review of last January’s even world-wide, on-line event by India Hamilton, MA (Food and Development), chef and co-founder of SCOOP Sustainable Co-Operative in St Lawrence This year’s Oxford Real Farming conference emerged from the lockdown of COVID by connecting 5,000 farming and food delegates from around the world, all sharing their stories of […]
LETTER FROM SARK – THE SARK COMMUNITY DAIRY
By our Sark correspondent, Richard Axton A lot has happened over the past 12 months: two major lockdowns, restrictions on travel and disruptions of cargoes, mechanical breakdowns, and two of the wettest winter months on record. In the face of all this our team of local craftsmen have made remarkable progressin the construction of a […]
TAKING THINGS SLOWLY
The 2020 lull caused by Covid-19 has been called ‘the great pause’, something which has given everyone an unprecedented opportunity to slow down and really appreciate what’s meaningful. As a trained forest therapy guide, Amanda Bond knows just how important reconnecting to nature is to our health. By Caroline Spencer ‘There has never been a […]
GROW – AND THRIVE
An ambitious, inclusive community horticultural project is being planned for a field in Sion. By Caroline Spencer ‘GROW’ is the brainchild of Thrive Jersey, a charity that was set up to address social issues behind poor mental health. Field H1115 covers nearly 13 vergées of land adjacent to Surville Cemetery and GROW is working in […]
EUNE FROUQU’THÉE D’JÈRRIAIS – (A FORKFUL OF JÈRRIAIS)
We continue our series of article in Jèrriais – Jersey’s own traditional native language. The ‘frouque’ in question is a digging fork, rather than a table fork. An English translation follows. This contribution comes from Jean Le Maistre. Ch’est tréjous eune tâche întérêssante à chèrchi un sujet à propos pouor chutte lettre. Eh bein, chutte […]
GLOVES – TO KEEP COVID AT BAY
In a pandemic, wearing a pair of gloves as the finishing touch to your outfit has never seemed more relevant. By Gill Maccabe When HM The Queen next dons a pair of gloves to attend a function, chances are they may have been created for her by Cornelia James, one of the hidden gems of […]
A NEW DAIRY FOR SARK
THE prospect of fresh daily milk again in Sark is looking up. Just before Christmas 2019, Chief Pleas agreed to finance a brand-new abattoir. The green light has encouraged Sark farmers about the long-term future of animal husbandry in the Island. An independent initiative by the Seigneur and others (Sark Community Dairy Charitable Trust) has […]