Regional Events 2008

Tuesday 20th May 2008 Wigboro Wick Farm, St Osyth, Essex
Places limited to 60 - Members £30, Guests £40

A popular and highly regarded person, Guy Smith communicates farming messages on a variety of platforms and in a range of publications from his village magazine to the national press. He is a Nuffield scholar and editor of the farming information leaflet, ‘Farm, Food and the Countryside’.

Winner of the 2007 Royal Agricultural Society of England’s Outstanding Communicator Award, Guy farms 1000 acres of combinable crops and 200 acres of conservation initiatives at his farm in Essex. Diversification on the farm includes a golf park, farm shop and airstrip.

Guy passionately believes that farmers must do more to promote their industry. He invites you to take a tour around his farm to show how he is taking care of the environment and creating habitat for wildlife.

Outline Programme

10.00am Arrival & coffee

10.30am Tour of farm by tractor and trailer to include a wide range of conservation and environmental projects. You will be able to see whether productive agriculture is compatible with conservation and debate the benefit and value of delivering environmental goods over production. How does the farm benefit from the thousands of day trippers and holiday makers and is diversification a way for farm businesses to survive or an exit strategy?

13.00pm Coach to Millers Barn Golf Park (owned by the farming business and run by the family) for lunch.

14.30pm Walk off lunch across the golf course, to see the airstrip and the fishing ponds.

15.30pm Tea & coach return to Wigboro Wick Farm for depart
 

BOOKING INFORMATION

All prices include VAT.
To book your place at one or more of these events, contact the Membership Team:

Direct line: 024 7685 8252
E-mail: membership@rase.org.uk
Post: Regional Events, Royal Agricultural Society of England, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, CV8 2LZ

Please note that places at each of these events are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. You will need to have your membership number to claim a reduced ticket price. Places can be booked online, by telephone, or you can send a cheque made payable to the Royal Agricultural Society of England.

Once you have booked your place, full details about the day and a location map will be sent to you 2 to 3 weeks before the event.

This programme is correct at time of print. The organisers reserve the right to change the programme and timings. Some of the tours involve a great deal of walking and have limited access for wheelchair users and therefore may not be suitable for everyone so please check at time of booking.

Refunds/cancellations – Refunds can only be made if cancellation is received by the RASE, in writing, 10 working days before the event. All cancellations will be subject to a £10 administration charge.

Data Protection – The personal data you supply to the RASE will be stored on computer for the purposes of processing your booking and passed to the RASE membership team, who may contact you with information they deem to be of interest to you. If you do not wish to be contacted in this way please state at the time of booking.