Plumpton College Centre for Sustainable Food Farming and Forestry
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Plumpton College
CSFFF

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Training Courses

Full course list and dates here
Agendas for CSFFF Courses
Grants for Training
Part time courses at Main College, Plumpton
Course Details
Train to be a butcher
Butchery Testimonials

Cattle

Pigs

Sheep

Forage Production
Marketing Your Meat

Diversification

Countryside Skills

Woodnet

Serve Sussex Produce

Advice

Advisory Visit

Need a Mentor

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Marketing

Sell at Farmers Markets

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For Sale & Wanted
Situations Vacant
Gift Ideas
Friends & Family Days
Rooms for Hire
Classroom and Celebration Venue for Hire
Sustainable Building
Living Classroom
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Contact Details

Our courses take place in East Sussex.
At either Ivyland Farm, Netherfield TN33 9QB
Homestead Farm, Netherfield TN33 9QL
The Woodland Enterprise Centre, Flimwell TN5 7PR
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Plumpton College Centre for Sustainable Food Farming
and Forestry

The Woodland Enterprise Centre
Flimwell
TN5 7PR
Telephone
01580 879547

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Plumpton College
Ditchling Road
Plumpton
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 3AE
Telephone
01273 890454

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Did you know...
Plumpton College provides a wide range of full time land-based courses,in further education and higher education.
Agriculture Horticulture Floristry Greenkeeping Hard Landscaping Equine Metalsmithing Animal Care and Veterinary Nursing Countryside Management Forestry and Arboriculture Sports (Outdoor Education) Wine and Viticulture.
Degree courses are provided in association with the University of Brighton.
Coming soon .. Forest School Establised at Plumpton College.
To raise awareness of woodland and its management from a grass root level, Plumpton College have established a Forest School. Two. Taster Day seminars 1st March at Flimwell and 24th April at Plumpton College main campus. Read more. Forests School seminars will offer an opportunity for teachers, assistants, farmers and field teachers to explore the basic principles and understand the ethos of the Forest School, for more information please email Forest Schools
 
 
At the Centre for Sustainable Food Farming and Forestry (CfSFFF) we offer dynamic, practical, relevant and an interesting range of short training courses in food, farming, forestry, land-based legislation and rural skills that will help you and your business. Come to our open day 14th July read more
News....Grants for training RDPE for farmers up to 70% and Weald Forest Ridge 50% reduction.
All grants are time sensitive act now ...
schmallenberg virus   Schmallenberg Virus
Dr Peter Bates vet and entomologist consulutant is giving a free talk at Plumpton College on 8
th February at 7.00. Limited spaces, booking essential. To reserve a seat please telelphone Phil Hart 077170 54172 or 01273 890808 or Louise 0781387 73434
lambing  
Lambing February 9th
Food smoking February 16th
Hedgelaying February 17th
Managing a Pig Herd, all you need to know to manage and expand your first herd February 20th

fruit trees  

Plan & Plant an Orchard February 29th
Managing a Sheep Flock, stock tasks health and management plans March 12th
Sausage Making March 22nd
Fruit Tree Pruning and Orchard Managment
March
1st
Selecting and Milling Timber
New date
March 29th

hedgelaying  
Hedgelaying
February17th
Sussex Trug Making
New date March 1st
Make a Chestnut Gate Hurdle to take home March 8th
Managing a woodland with hand tools
March 16th
Stock Fencing March 23rd
sussex trug  

Make a Hazel Hurdle to take home April 19th
Introduction to Green Woodworking
April 12th
Oak Timber Framing over 5 days March and April full. New date 11th- 15th June read more
Post & Rail Fencing
March 9th

 
Pork Butchery March 20th and 21st
Practical Poultry Slaughter March 21st
Sausage Making March 22nd
Rearing Table Birds March 22nd
Managing a Beef Herd March 27th
stock fencing  
Beef Butchery Demonstration February 28th
Cross Compliance & Soil Management Plans February 22nd
An Income from your Kitchen. Getting Started the Regulations February 23rd
Livestock Transport Certificate – short journeys February 24th
CIEH Basic Food Hygiene Level 2 March 2nd
fish knife skills  

New............
Fish Knife Skills Practical Day
by Billingsgate Fish Training School.
Under utilised species, sustainability, fish farming and fishing methods.
date tbc
.
Fishing - a career, taster day at Plumpton College read more

accountants  
Special range of financial business and marketing courses in conjunction with Manningtons Accountants, see training list
Free 1 Hour Planning Surgeries
with Nicholas Ide of Batcheller Monkhouse at Sussex Rural Business Centre, main college campus. Email for details
forestry  
Woodnet in association with Plumpton College. Other courses coming up
farmers market   Bexhill Farmers' Market a new venture every Friday.
Visit Bexhill Farmers Market for more details .
pigs   Read our articles in Country Mile and Rural Sussex
2012 Diary Dates at main Plumpton College Campus see part time courses page