One key aim of the Skills for Our Nation campaign is to raise the profile of environmental and land-based industries in the media and online. Here is just some of the coverage we've received:
News Post Leader, Northumberland, 9 July - TV chef's backing for small firms
Celebrity chef Kevin Woodford is backing the Forum of Private Business (FPB) campaign which is highlighting figures provided by Lantra, the Sector Skills Council, which suggests that the British farmer could be a thing of the past by 2035.
Birmingham Post, 8 July - Richard finds pests make easy prey with falconry business
Two weeks ago, falconer Richard Wall took part in the Skills for our Nation event hosted by rural skills body Lantra in Victoria Square, set up to encourage more people into th environmental and land-based sector.
Farmers Guardian, 4 July - Drive to grow the industry
The warning has come from training organisation Lantra, which says that, with 15900 workers leaving the industry each year, Britain could lose its ...
Birmingham Post, 28 June - Lack of migrant workers is real threat to rural industries
The West Midlands farming industry could disappear within 30 years unless it can persuade people to work in the rural sector, a professional skills body has warned.
Western Daily Press, 23 June - New alert over skills shortages
Skills shortages, already felt widely in the South West, could starve Britain of its self-sufficiency.
Yorkshire Post, 21 June - Wide world with job opportunities
Lantra is trying to draw attention to a shortage of new entrants to agriculture in particular, following a survey which showed farm workers are older, ...
FarmersWeekly, 20 June - Lack of skills to make farmers 'extinct' by 2035
Farmers could be extinct by 2035 unless the industry's skills shortage is addressed, according to farming skills council Lantra. ...
Horticulture Week,19 June - Lantra campaign urges industry to tackle 65,000 worker deficit
Horticulture faces a deficit of 65,000 employees by 2018 unless the industry takes action to attract new workers, Lantra has warned.
Education Guardian, 17 June - Green and pleasant land in crisis
Lantra, the sector skills council for environmental and land-based trades, put forward this doomsday scenario, pointing out that 15900 farming jobs are...
Farmers Weekly interactive, 16 June - Young farmers need proper training says report
The urgent need to recruit young people into farming - and give them proper training - has been highlighted by a new report focusing on the West Midlands.
Daily Express, 13 June - Farmers 'to be extinct in 27 years'
The industry is on the decline as youngsters reject the lifestyle, said Lantra, the farming skills council. A spokesman said: “With the industry losing ...
13 June Paul Clark MP backs campaign to boost green skills
Paul Clark MP this week met organic farmer producers and farmers in Westminster to help launch a new campaign to help boost environmental and land-based skills.
11 June - Paul Clark also produced a podcast from our Skills for Our Nation London event at Victoria Tower Gardens available on You Tube.
My Business, 13 June - UK could lose farmers by 2035
Britain could be ‘starved’ of its self sufficiency by 2035 if skills shortages continue, a skills council has warned.
Sunday Mail, 8 June - Warning on Farms
The British farmer could be extinct by 2035 unless more training is given, a skills firm have warned.
BBC Radio 4, 11 June - Sarah Montague interviews Lantra Chairman, Gordon McGlone
