WILD FLOWERS IN FIELDS AND ORCHARDS
USING marginal land around fields and in gardens beneficially is the aim of Alan Le Maistre at Vintage Farm. Working with his twin brother and cousin, Charles and John Le Maistre at their Le Tacheron Farm, Trinity, they plant 10 percent of their cornfields in traditional annual flowers to improve biodiversity. He said: ‘Our wildflower […]
NEW DATA SHOW PREVIOUS ESTIMATES OF THE CLIMATE IMPACT OF CATTLE GRAZING ARE OFF
Report by Rothamsted Research SCIENTISTS have shown that direct emissions of a powerful greenhouse gas from certain pasture types are lower than previously thought – meaning the climate impact of grass-fed cattle herds may be overestimated. The team from Rothamsted Research found urine from animals reared on pasture where white clover grows – a plant […]
THE RURAL JERSEY LANDSCAPE AWARDS
The awards evening was held on Thursday evening 16 July, as part of the Jersey Summer Exhibition at CCA Galleries, Hill Street. The winning picture in the 2020 –RURAL Jersey Landscape Awards was Celina Borfiga’s Rocco Tower. Runner up was Anna Le Moine Gray’s Soir d’Hiver – St Aubin. The winner of the third place […]
From the Archives: THE VERSATILE JERSEY COW IN SOUTH AMERICA
By DERRICK FRIGOT This article appeared in the very first issue of RURAL in the spring of 2013. Derrick at the time (he has since retired) was the president of the World Jersey Cattle Bureau. Following his return from a Bureau visit to South America in 2012, he reported on the advantages of keeping the […]
JERSEY HONEY INTENSIVE HAND CREAM IS AWARDS WINNER
A LOCAL product, Jersey Honey Intensive Hand Cream has been made a Global Awards winner by ‘Pure Beauty’ magazine, which has named it Best New Hand & Nail Product in its Global Awards 2020. In its award announcement, it stated: Jersey Honey Intensive Hand Cream places nature’s great golden gift – quite literally – in […]
HOW WE ATE OUR WAY AROUND LOCKDOWN
By Gill Maccabe At 8pm on Sunday 29 March, as the Chief Minister intoned his ‘stay at home’ warning, many Islanders’ thoughts turned to food – and how to get enough to feed their families during the daily two-hour window of freedom. From surreptitiously scouring the internet (unsuccessfully) for toilet rolls and face-masks to using […]
WHERE THERE’S MUCK,THERE’S BRASS
Scientists discover what make high carbon soils so valuable- Report from Rothampsted Research A RADICAL new way of thinking about soil has finally solved the mystery of why adding organic material like manure improves flood and drought resilience, climate control and crop yields – universal ‘ecosystem services’ that are widely recognised as worth billions to […]
AWARD-WINNING BAKER AMONGST NEW GENUINE JERSEY MEMBERS
Genuine Jersey has announced yet more additions to its growing community of local producers, makers and artisans which includes an award-winning cake baker, a driftwood artist and an animal lover with an artistic eye. Harriet Docker is new to the island, bringing with her the award-winning Little Loaves business which delivers delicious cakes perfectly portioned […]
80 YEARS ON
– School boy memories of the German occupation 28 June 1940 – 9 May 1945 OCCUPATION veteran, Gerald (Gerry) Le Marrec has written his memoirs about his occupation experience starting with the bombing at Le Rocque Harbour on 28 June 1940 – eighty years ago this Sunday. Gerald, with the kind permission of the Constable […]
BRAVE NEW WORLDS – (PERHAPS?)
Comment by ALASDAIR CROSBY AS we come out of ‘lockdown’ there is a plethora of comment on ‘the way ahead’, some of it desperately looking for the bright side of life in the future. It can be summed up as: Is Coronavirus a turning point in our economy and our way of life? Will things […]