Most of us will be having a wee rest now…
What’s happening in Ghana? LYF with CARE International and Christian Aid as they support us to record our Farmer Radio programmes with local communities.
By admin | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Latest News, Updates | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, CARE International, Christian Aid, Cristina Talens, farmer radio, Lorna Young Foundation, smallholders | The LYF is working with Reading University to help communities identify sustainable groundwater resources in Ghana and Burkina Faso.
By admin | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Latest News | Also tagged Afclix, Africa, African farmers, agriculture, BRAVE, burkina faso, climate, climate change, farmer radio, ghana, groundwater, Lorna Young Foundation, Reading University, smallholders, sustainable development, west africa | We are all pretty familiar with the value of tea in our own lives (where indeed would polite society be without it?) But one of the aims of the Lorna Young Foundation is to support small tea farmers in developing countries to receive the true value of their crop.
By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Latest News, Project News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, capacity building, chai ni mali, DRC, east africa, fair trade, farmer radio, Kenya, Lorna Young Foundation, mbeya, smallholders, Tanzania, tea, tea gardens, tea growers, trade justice, Trade not Aid, tukuyu | The LYF’s Cristina Talens is the founder of Source Climate Change Coffee; In this interview, she explains what inspired her to set up Source, her encounter with Bill Clinton and her passion for sustainable agriculture.
By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Latest News | Also tagged Africa, bill clinton, climate change, CO2, coffee, coffee trade, Eye on Earth Summit, harrogate, Sir David King, source coffee, Taylors of Harrogate, uganda, Yorkshire | The LYF has been broadcasting weekly farmer radio programmes since…
Joanne Harris MBE, award-winning novelist has recorded a BBC Radio 4 Appeal message for the LYF.
By Ian Agnew | Posted in Latest News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, author, Chocolat, ethical trade, fair trade, fairtrade, Gentlemen and players, Joanne Harris, Johnny Depp, juliette binoche, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, smallholders, Trade not Aid, tradejustice | By any stretch of the imagination – the SSN has…
By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Latest News, Project News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Ambo, APPG, capacity building, CMS, coffee, coffee trade, comic relief, Coro FM, CRS, Dormans, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, OCFCU, Oromia Coffee Farmer Cooperative, smallholders, trade, tradejustice, training | The LYF has now broadcast 27 weekly farmer radio programmes…
By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Latest News, Project News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, APPG, coffee, coffee trade, Coro FM, enterprise, Ethiopia, extension work, fair trade, Kenya, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, OCFCU, Oromia Coffee Farmer Cooperative, smallholders, Trade not Aid | One of the biggest problems facing poor smallholders in developing…
By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Project News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, APPG, capacity building, CMS, coffee, coffee trade, Coro FM, Dormans, Ethiopia, extension services, fair trade, fairtrade, farmer voice radio, Kenya, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, trade justice, Trade not Aid, training |