Coronavirus: Diversified farms to kickstart rural recovery
I am sure those farms, which have diversified effectively have a key role to play in kick starting local economies in rural settings and this article gives me some positive cause for optimism. It tells us:
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) said the news would be a “sigh of relief” for rural tourism businesses.
CLA president Mark Bridgeman said: “Now that restrictions are being lifted, we are encouraging everyone to book their self-catering family holiday in the beauty and safety of the British landscape.
“There is nowhere better for a holiday than the great British countryside.”
Poultry farmer Susie MacMillan said on Facebook that she was “beyond happy” to be told she could reopen the farm’s campsite business in Ditchling, East Sussex, on 4 July.
Somerset farmers Michael and Jenny Churches were finalists in the diversification category for the 2019 Farmers Weekly Awards for their Glastonbury Wedding and Events venue.
Their beautiful, deconsecrated church in Godney last hosted an event on 18 March – five days before the country entered lockdown.