Category - foot and mouth

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20 Sep 2007

Churches called to support farmers during Harvest Festivals

The Bishop of Exeter has encouraged congregations not just to thank God for the food they eat but to remember the farmers who produce it at their Harvest Festivals.
13 Sep 2007

Churches urged to support farming community following Foot and Mouth outbreak

Churches are being urged to stand by to offer support to farming families, warning that the latest Foot and Mouth outbreak with has triggered the reimposition of an EU export ban, could spell disaster for the farming community.
10 Aug 2007

Anglican bishop says church must support farmers through foot-and-mouth

The Anglican Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev John Pritchard, whose diocese includes rural areas, has promised the support of the church to the farming communities involved in the latest outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
8 Aug 2007

Churches offer support to foot-and-mouth farming communities

Local clergy and rural chaplains, working with the Farm Crisis Network, are providing pastoral support to farmers affected by the Protection and Surveillance Zones set up in Surrey following the local outbreak of foot and mouth disease.