Advice Providers

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

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