Opinion and blogs

OPINION: Education is needed when kids ask questions like: 'Do you just chop the meat off and then it grows back?'

OPINION: Education is needed when kids ask questions like: 'Do you just chop the meat off and then it grows back?'

After being on farm with hundreds of children, Emily Ashworth saw first-hand why farm-to-fork education is vital

Education
Emily Ashworth
Emily Ashworth
clock 03 July 2026 • 1 min read
Education

Opinion: We have to bring back our connection to food

clock 03 July 2026 • 2 min read
Funding

Opinion: A busy week for Defra with SFI and CSHT announcements

clock 03 July 2026 • 2 min read
Blogs

Opinion: Resistance in crops doesn't wait and neither can we

clock 02 July 2026 • 2 min read
Environment

Opinion: Wildfires – a growing threat Government can no longer ignore

clock 02 July 2026 • 3 min read
Farm24

From the editor: Walking for a cause close to farming's heart

clock 02 July 2026 • 2 min read
Education

Holly Atkinson: "I know first-hand how disconnected young people can be from farming because I was one of them"

clock 01 July 2026 • 2 min read
OPINION: The joys of shearing sheep

Shows & Sales

OPINION: The joys of shearing sheep

Angela Calvert Farmers Guardian's head of livestock reflects on shearing sheep and the wool price

clock 01 July 2026 • 1 min read
OPINION: Maybe we need to have more of a 'why not' attitude

Livestock

OPINION: Maybe we need to have more of a 'why not' attitude

Livestock specialist Katie Fallon, looks at adopting a 'why not' attitude on the farm

clock 01 July 2026 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus - James Brayley: "Continuous growth is what I strive for"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - James Brayley: "Continuous growth is what I strive for"

James Brayley, 28 from Dorchester, is a first generation dairy farmer, milking 140 Holstein Friesians

clock 01 July 2026 • 3 min read