Rural Life
LEAF Open Farm Sunday announces plans for 2021
LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) organisers of the farming industry’s annual open day, LEAF Open Farm Sunday (LOFS), has today...
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Agri-Business
Cross-sector support for Low Carbon Agriculture Show
The Low Carbon Agriculture Show (LCA) has attracted cross-sector backing since announcing its launch in June. Global sustainable farming organisation...
Rural Life
LEAF Open Farm Sunday cancelled for 2020
Organisers have decided to call time on the 2020 LEAF Open Farm Sunday event after striving to make the event...
Agri-Business
LEAF launches farmer guide to Integrated Pest Management
One of the UK’s main sustainable farming bodies has this week launched a new technical guide to support farmers in...
Rural Life
LEAF Open Farm Sunday racks up the views in first online-only event
Thousands of members of the public got to see behind the scenes of several UK farms from the comfort of...
Agri-Business
LEAF Marque to offer remote assessments during pandemic
LEAF Marque has introduced remote assessments for its farmer members, rolling out a new protocol, in partnership with its independent...
Rural Life
LEAF Open Farm Sunday postponed until September
Organisers of Open Farm Sunday have announced the event will be postponed until September due to the global coronavirus (Covid-19)...
Agri-Business
Farmers urged to 'step up' and demonstrate industry's role tackling climate change
The chief executive of farming education charity LEAF has called for the farming industry to step up and demonstrate its...
Agri-Business
New LEAF standard to come into effect in January 2020
Environmental assurance system LEAF Marque has today announced that the latest version of its standard will come into effect on...
Rural Life
Inspirational farms in the running for top education awards
Nine British farms and farming organisations have been shortlisted for awards recognising their work educating young people about food and...
Rural Life
National network of UK farm demonstration schools launched
LEAF Education has today (July 10) announced the launch of the very first National Network of Demonstration Schools set up...
Rural Life
230,000 visitors take to farms for 2019 Open Farm Sunday
More than 230,000 people are estimated to have visited more than 361 working farms in England, Wales and Scotland for this...
Agri-Business
Farmers encouraged to support a local Open Farm Sunday event
Ahead of LEAF Open Farm Sunday on June 9, Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has launched a new video to encourage...
Rural Life
Nithsdale Monitor Farm opens its gates for Open Farm Sunday
The Marchant family, who run Clonhie Farm, the Nithsdale Monitor farm, near Thornhill, are looking forward to welcoming visitors for...
Agri-Business
Field event to thresh out challenges and opportunities for sustainable farming
A sustainable farming field event will seek to explore the challenges, opportunities and threats to achieving lower-impact farming. The Integrated...
Rural Life
LEAF chief named one of Women Economic Forum’s ‘Women of the Decade’
LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) chief executive, Caroline Drummond, has been named one of the Women Economic Forum’s ‘Women of...
Agri-Business
900 farming businesses signed up to LEAF Marque over scheme's 16 years
Almost two-fifths (39%) of fruit and vegetables grown in the UK is now produced by LEAF Marque certified businesses –...
Agri-Business
Consultation launched on guidelines for school food teaching resources
Producers and users of school educational resources on food are being invited to have their say on a series of...
