About
Have you ever wondered how farming works? Have you heard bad things about sheep and overgrazing? How tough is hill farming? How well do you know the Carneddau? Can farms be more nature friendly? Do you have any idea about the way our hills are managed? Who owns them? How do farmers support local communities? What happened to British wool? Why is lamb so expensive? Can cattle be grazed on the hills? Should gorse be burnt off? What is ‘common’ land?
As mountain leaders and mountaineering instructors, we can be perceived as taking the uplands for granted. Yes, we do have good access, but we have responsibilities too. I believe it behoves us to find out to a little bit more about that other group of people with a vested interest in the uplands; those who farm them. Who are the farmers who scrape a living from the land? Who are these people subsidised to ‘sheepwreck’ our uplands?
Join me, Mike Raine, for a farm visit with a difference we’ll consider the above questions and many more with an amazing young farmer. Celyn Kehoe is grafting hard, with her partner and two year old with another on the way, to rebuild an old sheep farm, its house, its building’s, its wall’s, its fences, its stock and they are trying to do it in a nature friendly way. They are two very driven, incredibly hard-working young people on a genuine mission – to make difference. Come and hear their story, see their farm, see their challenges and ask how we can help…
You'll get a CPD point for MTA, AMI or BAIML
Where And When
- Start
- 16/06/2025 09:30
- End
- 16/06/2025 16:00
- Total Days
- 1
- Maximum Bookings
- 12
- Bookings
- 2
- Venue
- Bryn Farm
- Town
- Llanllechid
- County
- Gwynedd
- Postcode
- LL27 0TX
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Latitude
- 53.15156
- Longitude
- -3.82623
CPD Points
Provider
- Name
- Mountain Training Association
- Phone
- 07793893038
- Website
- Booking/Details