Here are The Field’s essential June dates for the diary. Flaming June may have started stormy, but it does herald the advent of the summer season. Time to scrub down…
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Open Farm Sunday, 10th anniversary
Open Farm Sunday happens on 7 June 2015. Hundreds of farms across the country will open their gates to the public for the 10th Open Farm Sunday, an annual event…
Hartlebury Castle to be restored
Hartlebury Castle, the historic home of the bishops of Worcester, is being turned into a tourist attraction by locals, who have bought the property from the Church Commissioners. The Hartlebury…
Rare breeds registration falling
Some rare breeds are becoming rarer, if the recent Rare Breeds Survival Trust watchlist is anything to go by. Britain’s native pig breeds face “significant threats” according to the latest…
MAY dates for the diary
Things start to happen in May, the summer season is starting to sway. For the first weekend after the bank holiday head to Badminton, Gloucestershire for the pinnacle of three…
Voting for fieldsports. Who to vote for on 7 May?
Where do we put our cross if we are voting for fieldsports? Editor, Jonathan Young, gives his verdict on who will heed the rural fieldsports vote, and save British wildlife…
Dream Alliance gallops his way on to film
Dream Alliance is the extraordinary racehorse, who grew up on an allotment and went on to win the Welsh National. A film telling the true story of how a barmaid…
The CLA Game Chef of the Year competition 2015
Have you got the passion and skill to be our Game Chef of the Year?
CLA Game Fair 2015 – book by January 4th for 2014 prices
The CLA Game Fair 2015 is shaking off the shackles of the Midlands and heading north, to Yorkshire. Harewood House near Leeds will host the three day event from Friday…
Dog insurance
It pays to have dog insurance. Five years ago, on a bright spring morning, I met up with friends to walk our spaniels on Dunwich beach. My seven-year-old springer, Fleur,…