OPINION: New entrant or fifth generation 鈥� why is the farming education conversation so divisive?

Why should people be excluded from the farming industry? This week digital editor Emily Ashworth talks about the need for constructive conversation about education and careers

13 April 2026 鈥� 2 min read

Many have said it cannot be done. Many have tried and not been able to get it across the line, but the tide is turning when it comes to agricultural education. I have worked with Soil Ed, a campaign to...

Opinion: I've been a translator, florist and digital project manager, but agriculture is my calling

Farmers Guardian deputy digital editor Lois Pearson shares her journey into a career in agricultural journalism

Lois Pearson

10 August 2026 鈥� 2 min read

Education

Beyond the Clarkson effect: How UK colleges are tackling the agricultural skills gap

Agricultural colleges are seeing healthy demand for places but getting farmers on board to help them facilitate real-world experience and job prospects is a perennial challenge

Olivia Midgley

04 August 2026 鈥� 5 min read

Education

OPINION: A national farming week in schools will solve a lot of problems

Emily Ashworth is working on PLATES, a new initiative that will be a farming focused week that teaches agriculture in schools - and the mission is to make it mandatory

Emily Ashworth

31 July 2026 鈥� 2 min read

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