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Tim Jury completes 30 marathons in a year for Farm Africa

24 December 2017

Inspirational and Sussex sheep farmer Tim Jury today completed his 30th marathon of 2017 to raise funds for Farm Africa.

Joshua and the beanstalk: a tale of a brighter future

21 December 2017

Joshua terms joining Farm Africa’s Growing Futures project and being trained in the production and marketing of horticultural crops as the best decision he has ever made, one that has given him a new lease of life economically. 

Award-winning chef dedicates recipe to Farm Africa's Growing Futures project

20 December 2017

Inspired by the ingredients grown at Farm Africa’s Growing Futures project in western Kenya, award-winning chef Dennis Mwakulua has written a delicious French beans, carrots and harissa chickpeas recipe to give foodies a flavour of Farm Africa’s work.

Does farming need a rebrand to encourage more young people into agriculture?

18 December 2017

Farmers are ageing: the average age of a farmer in many parts of the world is around 60, and rising. So where have all the young farmers gone and who is going to farm our food in the future? That’s what BBC World Service’s The Food Chain programme set out to discover.

Credit where credit is due: big businesses urged to prevent collapse of voluntary carbon market

13 December 2017

Farm Africa is urging big businesses who have signalled support for the Paris Climate Agreement to help make it a reality by ensuring a healthy future for the voluntary carbon market.

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