careers

Irregular and long working hours, fluctuations in prices and having to put down pigs on farm for animal welfare reasons are affecting farmers’ and workers’ mental health on pig and sheep farms.

Young people working in Scotland’s food and drink industry are being encouraged to enter this year’s ‘Inspirational Young Person Award’, which has been launched by NFU Mutual.

When you mention farming, many think of grassroot careers, but there are many more interesting and diverse careers in this thriving and vibrant sector.

In National Careers Week, Tom Davis, manager of Mudchute farm in East London, talks about his career so far and we sit down with new FG editor Olivia Midgley

Farmers Guardian has appointed a new editor amid a senior restructure that seeks to drive the business forward online, in print and with its allied events.

A Farmers Guardian campaign designed to promote the diversity of career opportunities in agriculture is at the heart of a virtual careers fair, run by National Careers Week.

Sparsholt College Group has announced a multi-million-pound investment across their campuses ahead of a new qualification offering.

Many youngsters had decided what type of job they would not do by the age of nine, showing how vital it was to promote farming as a career from a young age.

If children really do make their minds up about which careers they do not want to do by the age of nine, then agriculture needs to be at the forefront of selling its wares to the next generation from a young age.

Burger King UK’s Tim Doubleday is passionate about its approach to sustainability – and that of the wider hospitality sector. Emma Penny reports.