Here we have compiled a list of organisations which may be able to offer help, advice and support to rural and land-based businesses. We hope you find what you are looking for, and this area of our website of use.
AGRICULTURE
ADAS
BIAC
British Potato Council
Crop Protection Association
GAFTA
HDRA
Netherfield Centre
Soil Association
ANIMALS
BETA
British Poultry Association
British Veterinary Nursing Association
Farriery Training Service
Joint Institute of Fisheries Management
Milk Development Council
MLC
National Dairy Council
National Pig Association
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
RSPCA
BUSINESS
Farm Retail Association
Institute of Agricultural Secretaries
Knight Tustian **
NetRegs
Smiths Gore **
Environmental
English Nature
FWAG **
Game Conservancy Trust
LEAF **
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
FOOD
English Farming and Food Partnerships
Food Groups:
SE Food Group **
A Taste of Surrey
A Taste of Sussex
Oxfordshire Food Group **
Bucks and MK Food Group **
National Association of Farmers’ Markets Rural Shops Alliance
FORESTRY/WOODLAND
Arboriculture Association **
Association of Professional Foresters
Forestry Commission
Forestry Contracting Association
Royal Forestry Society
Small Woods Association **
Timber Growers Association
TRADA
HORTICULTURE
BALI **
Brogdale Trust
Commercial Horticultural Association
Horticultural Development Council
HTAIoH **
Institute of Groundmanship
Mushroom Growers Association
Royal Horticultural Society
MACHINERY
BAGMA **
IAGRERAMSAK **
Thames & Kennet Machinery Ring
TOURISM
English Association of Self-Catering Operators
Farm Tourism Bureau Tourism
Better Business
Tourism South East
RURAL AFFAIRS
CLA
Countryside Alliance
DEFRA **
Farm Crisis Network
HSE **
LANTRA **
National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs
NFU **
NIAB
Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE)
Rural Stress Information Network
Rural Community Councils in the SE
South of England Agricultural Society
EDUCATION/TRAINING
Farming and Countryside Education (FACE)
LANTRA Awards **
NPTC