IT is always good when a Yes group can call on a local expert to talk about a subject that is worth considering as the Yes DIY movement looks at all the issues which will face us in the months ahead.
So Yes Blairgowrie and Rattray were delighted when Perthshire farmer Jim Fairlie agreed to speak on Farming, Food and the Rural Economy, at their next meeting in Blairgowrie Town Hall a week on Monday, April 30, at 7pm.
As well as his farming enterprise, Jim is known for founding the Perthshire Farmers Market and he became a weel-kent face as the spokesman for the Farming4Yes group prior to the 2014 referendum.
Admission is free to attend a talk that will be well worth hearing, though donations will be welcome and tea, coffee and home baking will be on sale.
As Jim Fairlie said: “I am passionate about what Scotland’s farmers have to offer our country and the wider world. With a big dose of self belief and a willingness to get in there and give it all a go we can change how our children see their food, how the supermarkets respect their suppliers and how we all enjoy the countryside and those who make their living from it.”
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