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Alana Black has a Bachelor of Communication – Public Relations and in 2018 was announced as an Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Trailblazer for her work on communication and succession planning in family farming businesses. Alana, who now lives in Aberdeenshire is a freelance agricultural communicator and a Rural Youth Project vlogger.

Tabitha Salisbury is an Education and Public Engagement Programme Coordinator at LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming). Growing up on a tenant farm in the South West, Tabitha went on to study Agriculture at the Royal Agricultural University. She is currently based in Morpeth, Northumberland. 

Molly Biddell is part of the Savills Rural Research team, specialising in agri-environmental policy, natural capital and net zero. She has recently been appointed as an ambassador for LEAF Open Farm Sunday. Her family run a diversified farming business in the west of Surrey, and she continues to muck in whenever she can.

Universities have reported strong applications for 2021/22, with students still opting to study agricultural related courses despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

Helping military veterans build sustainable career paths within the rural sector, Rurallink liaises with large companies to create networking and job opportunities.

Agriculture has always been an industry in which many farmers feel they do not need a piece of paper to prove they are proficient and professional at what they do.

At the age of just 18, Shaun MacLeod has already made big strides in his chosen career.

The Covid-19 pandemic has not only disrupted supply chains, but it has also impacted on the industry’s workforce and its training needs. Hannah Binns reports on what has changed and the positive framework it has created going forwards.

Despite the challenges of the past year, or maybe because of them, there has been a notable surge in demand for trainees to work in the food sector.