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Plumpton
College at Netherfield Centre for Sustainable Food and Farming
has been established for seven years and is sited on two working organic
farms with educational access to two neighbouring farms. The Centre
is not just for farmers.
The Centre for Sustainable Food and Farming is an information and
advice centre with a bespoke and dynamic training programme for adults.
The "Train to be a Butcher" courses are
hands on, bespoke, limited to four participants and take place at
an on-farm cutting room. If your chosen career is to be a
butcher or to expand or hone a rusty skill, the butchery
training has something for everyone.
There is
butchery training in Pork, Lamb, Venison and Beef, learn how to produce
quality bacon and cure gammon. Make tasty sausages and salami. Take
these skills back to your home and start to make your meat pay. First
though learn how to select your finished stock and market your meat.
Food hygiene is a necessary part of selling your meat, Plumpton College
has CIEH certified courses in Food Hygiene and Cleaning of Premises.
The Centre for Sustainable Food and Farming was originally the idea
of Simon Bishop Sussex Farmer of the Year 2009/2010 [read
about Simon Bishop (pdf)]
of Plumpton College and Topsy Jewell of Common Cause. Together
they decided to set up a centre to raise awareness of farming, food
and environmental issues by providing an advice, training and networking
enterprise to assist farmers and growers to keep farming in a sustainable
way.
The farming methods of Plumpton College at Netherfield are
extensive not intensive ensuring high standards of animal
welfare working with the environment and land.
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Jacob
Pond at Centre For Sustainable Food and Farming June 2010
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More
and more businesses have realised the enormous opportunity there is
to add value and sell quality products to local markets. Plumpton
College at Netherifeld Centre for Sustainable Food and Farming assists
farmers, growers, retailers sourcing local produce, first time land
owners, bed and breakfast businesses, restaurants, cafes, hotels as
well as anyone employed or considering being employed in farming,
growing or associated food related industries with a desire to change
direction, add value or simply gain a new skill.
Training, development and assistance is provided through
one and two day courses, butchery skills, work shadowing and demonstration
farm visits
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- Telephone
and e-mail advice and on-farm visits
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- Direction
to advice, training, and grant giving organisations
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- Support
for diversification and local marketing
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Networking farmers and growers and producers and retail outlets
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- For more information
about the farms, management systems and direct marketing enterprise
click here (pdf
in new window)
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- Classroom for hire sited on a working organic farm. Ideal for training
days. Delicious locally produced lunch available. For more details
see Classroom
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Plumpton College
at Netherfield, Centre for Sustainable Food and Farming is a joint
venture between Common Cause Co-operative and Plumpton College The
Centre benefits from Plumpton College's many years of experience in
education, training and practical agriculture. Plumpton College offers
a range of services to land based businesses. The Netherfield Centre
builds on Common Cause's work to support links between local food
producers and consumers, the environment and the local economy.
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