The glory of a golden summer
The long hot summer has been bad news for the countryside, but Andy Ford has found solace in fly fishing for rudd
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Why does farming always become a competition?
Farming prizes long hours and hard graft, but is that always healthy?
Building costs are weighing down England’s rural churches
In many rural communities the parish church is as much social institution as a house of worship, but rising costs are threatening their future
Finding the farmers of the future
Rural Britain is preparing to hand itself on to a smaller next generation, while failing to reckon with how profoundly the world around it is changing
How farm clusters could challenge the conservation charities’ funding monopoly
Farmers would much prefer funding their own land stewardship through profits made selling food in a fair marketplace.