Quadrant farm tour to Ireland, Scotland and England in August/September

October 25th, 2013

Listing all the highlights would be ridiculous, there were so many. However many found the “Black Cab” tour of Belfast especially interesting. Still sorting the (thousands) of photos I took on this fabulous tour.  But couldn’t resist quickly posting a few of my phone pics today. More to come!  

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Agricultural Travel to Ireland, Scotland, Wales & England

August 27th, 2013

Tour guide Kerry Moss and I are taking a Quadrant Agricultural Tour to the British Isles in late August, until late September.  We’ll be zig-zagging over farms and memorable sites in Ireland, Scotland, England & Wales, for almost a whole month. This farm tour includes visits to a range of beef, dairy, sheep and cropping farms […]

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The Farm Fixer; BBC television series, now on SBS Television

June 10th, 2013

British television is sprinkled with television programmes that feature rural landscapes. Better still, they have more programmes that feature farming. The latest BBC farm-featuring documentary to appear in Australia is “The Farm Fixer”; screening on SBS HD, 6pm.  The 8 part ‘reality’ series is set in Northern Ireland, and features Nick Hewer offering diversification advice to struggling farmers.  […]

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#Peasenhallpigs – A tide of change against the noisy minority

March 10th, 2013

Peasenhall Primary School in Suffolk, UK, has developed a scheme to educate students about where their meat comes from by raising pigs.  Fairly predictably, there has been an abusive outcry from vegans/animal rights extremists. Organisers received 400+ derogatory emails, calling them ‘child abusers’, ‘pointless mothers’ etc. Nothing especially unusual about any of the vitriol, unfortunately. […]

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