Over the past three years, we have seen an increasing number of members of the public enjoying the freedom of our beautiful countryside for rambling and walking their dogs. Unfortunately, the same period saw nine members of the public killed while walking near cattle. This year’s HSE Fatal Injuries in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing GB
Those of us who are a certain age will remember Jock, a character from legendary 80s TV show Dallas. He was the patriarch of a family business empire and lived on arguably the most famous farm in the world – Southfork… Fast forward 40 years and another Jock has a more modest empire in Dallas
Collaboration is a word that is sometimes overused when talking about driving a change however, when we were approached by The Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture (TIAH), farming and growing’s new professional body, we knew that this was one collaboration we wanted to embrace. TIAH’s vision was to develop a series of interactive health and
From farm life to Paralympic podium, it’s hard to believe that only two days ago, Sammi Kinghorn MBE was in Paris accepting her fourth medal of the 2023 World Championships in the Universal Relay Heats after a week of collecting silver medals in the 800m and 400m races and a gold in the T53 100m
It has been written that it may be that your purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others and 22 year old Erin Gailey, a herdsperson on a 400-cow farm near Shrewsbury would wholeheartedly agree. Erin’s life plan was to attend university to study some form of animal-based degree. She was
by Stephanie Berkeley, Manager, Farm Safety Foundation Welcome to the 11th (Yes, the 11th) annual Farm Safety Week and I wish I could introduce this year’s campaign on a positive note but, unfortunately, figures from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) Fatal Injuries in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing in GB Report 2022/23 reveal that, with
SUPPORT FOR FARMING’S SAFETY CHALLENGES Farm incidents ruin lives and destroy families. According to our most recent research into 900 farmers across the UK, 91% agree that farming is dangerous and most feel a personal responsibility to do something about it – younger farmers slightly more so than their older counterparts. But what? There is
We’ve talked this week about the steps to wellness… Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning and, on our final day it’s all about Giving. As we have seen, there are many people raising money and awareness but one of the most important things you can give is your time. One couple who have spent
We are delighted to support the launch event for a special issue of Sociologia Ruralis which brings together seven papers from four countries – UK, USA, New Zealand, Ireland – on the subject of mental wellbeing. Organised by Cranfield University and the University of Exeter with ourselves to conclude Mind Your Head Week 2023, at
Our final theme of the week is ‘Give’ so, as the organisation who founded and funded the Farm Safety Foundation in 2014, we asked the Chairman of NFU Mutual, Jim McLaren MBE to give us his thoughts on the importance NFU Mutual place on giving… “I wear my Yellow Wellies badge proudly – as