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Future Growers: Introduction to organic crop production

01 May 2013

Date: Saturday 1 June 1.00pm – Tuesday 4 June 5.00pm Location: Abbey Home Farm, Gloucestershire and other venues

Future Growers trainee opportunity at Whitmuir, Scotland

05 April 2013

THIS POSITION IS NOW FILLED Whitmuir is looking for a horticultural trainee to join its busy farm team for the season.

Future Grower apprenticeship with Plowright Organic

28 March 2013

Plowright Organic is based at Stowey Rocks Farm, an 80 acre organic farm in Somerset. We are looking for an apprentice to join our small team and to be involved in all aspects of the work from seed to doorstep.

Future Growers trainee at Swillington

28 March 2013

We are looking for a trainee to join our small team at Swillington Organic Farm.

Future Growers - two postions in East Sussex

22 March 2013

THESE POSITIONS ARE NOW FILLED Future Grower trainee and apprenticeship available in East Sussex.

Future Growers apprenticeship at Purton House Organics

20 March 2013

Future Grower two year Organic Apprenticeship available at Purton House Organics, a 150 acre farm in North Wiltshire, just outside Swindon.

Future Growers trainee, le Manoir, Oxfordshire

19 March 2013

CLOSING DATE NOW EXTENDED TO 5 APRIL We are recruiting for a trainee in our Gardening team, from April to September 2013

Desperate to work on the land

15 January 2013

Young people are abandoning traditional office-based jobs in their droves and are seeking alternative career paths. For many the dream is to work on the land, but their lack of experience is a real stumbling block.

Oakcroft - Historic organic market garden to let

14 November 2012

Oakcroft Organic Gardens in Malpas, Cheshire, one of the oldest organically certified market gardens, in the UK is looking for a tenant.Owner and founder Mehr Fardoonji describes its history and this exciting next step in its future.

Organic volunteers wanted - Oxfordshire

18 May 2012

Coleshill Organics are actively seeking volunteers with a commitment to growing organically and a desire to learn as much as possible about the process.
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Harrowing, potato planting and rolling...

Emma Heseltine: We have had our soils done at Houghton and have some recommendations for helping our fields. It’s been a tough year so they could do with a boost. One of the things we can do is to use a grass harrow to scrape at the moss which has sprung up all over the place (seriously where is it coming from, there was grass here before) and aerates the soil.

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