Farming new entrants - Fresh Start Chairman
Welcome from Denis Chamberlain MBE, Chairman , Fresh Start National Stakeholder Group
Welcome to the home page of Fresh Start, the all-industry initiative, supported by Defra, which was established in 2004 to encourage young rural entrepreneurs to consider making their career in farming or other rural related businesses
In addition to working with potential industry new entrants, Fresh Start seeks to help established farmers think about how they can develop their business, including their exit strategy, if appropriate, in the light of current agricultural policy.
It is also actively seeking ways to encourage and support family succession, to develop strategies for continuity in which new entrants can develop through joint ventures, share farming, partnerships or contract operations to build and retain equity. The most successful part of our strategy has been the Fresh Start Academies.
The first was established in Sussex in 2005/6 and currently we have 17 Academies operating across the country. The Fresh Start Academy involves three elements – business skills training, mentoring and the possibility of identifying business opportunities via a match making network.
Fresh Start works nationally with all the major representative farming and agribusiness groups and locally with rural professionals to help develop the careers and skill base of potential entrants. These pages can put you in touch with the local Academies, the land based colleges with they are working and the co-ordinators who facilitate them
Browse the Fresh Start pages. It might provide you with a gateway into one of the UK’s most exciting and important industry sectors – Agriculture and the Food Chain
Denis Chamberlain MBE
Chairman, Fresh Start National Stakeholder Group
April 2008
Page last modified: 23 May 2008
Page published: 23 May 2008