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A Busy Month of June for our Youth Enterprise Groups

20/06/2011 – 10:21 pm

June has been a very busy month for LYFs youth…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Latest News, Not Just Us | Also tagged African farmers, capacity building, fairtrade, Huddersfield, kirklees, Leeds, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, NEET, oxfam, social enterprise, trade justice, Trade not Aid, wakefield, youth, youth enterprise | Comments (0)

Are US Universities Really in an African Landgrab?

10/06/2011 – 12:28 am

The Guardian newspaper has uncovered a massive “investment” by mega-wealthy…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Ethiopia, Harvard, hedge funds, ivy league, land grab, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, smallholder, smallholders, trade justice, us universities, USA | Comments (0)

Kenyan Young Farmers Visiting LYF’s Not Just Us groups in Yorkshire

03/05/2011 – 9:37 pm

Article in the Huddersfield Examiner about our Not just Us…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Not Just Us, Project News | Also tagged Africa, agriculture, coffee, coffee trade, enterprise, entrepreneur, nyeri, smallholders, social enterprise, trade justice, Trade not Aid, tradejustice, young farmers, youth, youth enterprise | Comments (0)

Coffee Farmers “Benefit” from Higher Prices

01/05/2011 – 8:25 pm

This article, about payouts to farmers in Kenya for their…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Black Gold Foundation, Farmer Extension Programme | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Black gold, Black Gold Movie, Blackgold, coffee, coffee trade, ethical trade, fair trade, fairtrade, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, smallholder, smallholders, trade justice, Trade not Aid | Comments (0)

Gates Foundation work on Women smallholders features the LYF

27/03/2011 – 5:30 pm

The Gates Foundation has been leading best-practice research on how…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Project News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, capacity building, coffee trade, ethical trade, Gates Foundation, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, smallholder, smallholders, trade | Comments (0)

Cristina Talens – March Progress on the Smallholder support Programme

23/03/2011 – 11:01 pm

March 2011 – Cristina Talens provides an update on our…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Latest News, Project News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Ambo, capacity building, coffee, coffee trade, education, enterprise, Ethiopia, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, OCFCU, Oromia Coffee Farmer Cooperative, smallholder, smallholders, trade justice, Trade not Aid | Comments (0)

Talking to Africa Gateway about how we can roll out our smallholder training to address climate change

23/03/2011 – 10:54 pm

Dr Rosalind Cornforth from Reading University is a Research Fellow…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Project News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, capacity building, climate change, coffee, coffee trade, enterprise, ethical trade, Ethiopia, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, Reading University, Rockefeller Foundation, Smallholder support network, trade justice, tradejustice, training | Comments (0)

Kenyan Perspective on Rising Coffee Prices

21/02/2011 – 7:54 pm

An interesting news piece which gives a fresh angle on…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Latest News, Updates | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Black gold, coffee, coffee shops, coffee trade, consumerism, ethical consumerism, fairtrade, smallholder, smallholders, trade justice, tradejustice | Comments (0)

LYF’s Africa Smallholder Support Network in the Press

16/02/2011 – 3:18 pm

Our Africa Smallholder Support Network featured in a UK online…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Latest News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Ambo, capacity building, coffee, enterprise, ethical consumerism, ethical trade, Ethiopia, fairtrade, farmers, smallholder, smallholders, trade, trade justice, training | Comments (0)

A message from Hannah, our wonderful John Lewis Partnership Volunteer

27/01/2011 – 10:09 pm

Written by Hannah Mitchell, Lorna Young Secondee from Cardiff More…

By Ian Agnew | Posted in Latest News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, capacity building, coffee trade, fairtrade, John Lewis, John Lewis Partnership, JohnLewisPartnership, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF | Comments (0)