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Countryside at the crossroads. An ABC of agricultural change.

  Village Hope’s and Agricultural Christian Fellowship’s joint webinar on ‘Countryside at the crossroads – an ABC of agricultural change’ took place on 30 October 2021. Below are links to the presentations. More will be added in due course, so please revisit this post. The Agriculture Act 2020, John Wibberley.

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Countryside at the crossroads. The Agriculture Act 2020.

Countryside at the crossroads – an ABC of agricultural change.  Village Hope & Agricultural Christian Fellowship webinar, 30 October 2021 The Agriculture Act 2020, John Wibberley [1]View John’s slides here   Biblical pointers for agricultural policy The Bible gives us much guidance in these matters (Jones, 1991; Jones & Martin,

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Countryside at the crossroads. Farming & trade after Brexit

Countryside at the crossroads – an ABC of agricultural change.  Village Hope & Agricultural Christian Fellowship webinar, 30 October 2021 Farming & trade after Brexit, Ian Tremain [1]View Ian’s slides here In June 2016 the British public were given the vote at the ballot box via a referendum to confirm

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Hope for the earth. 3 – Picking grains on the Sabbath

Environmental activism and concern for the future of people and planet have grabbed the headlines many times over the last year or two. For the moment this has been totally eclipsed by Covid-19, although humanity’s abuse of the earth and wild animals seems to have played a major role in

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Covid-19. Hope from the countryside

One of the most positive benefits of lockdown has been a new appreciation of nature. Skies have become bluer, the air cleaner, the roads quieter and wildlife more visible. And people have noticed. For example, in a survey conducted in early April by YouGov, 51% of respondents said they had

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Animal Stories

Animal stories

Food is the most direct link we have between culture and nature, city and farm folk.  It can serve as the point of interest that unites urbanites with farming concerns. As  we begin to understand that food is not simply fuel, but is in fact a natural, social, cultural and

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