Projects

Projects & partners

FERN incubates, supports and partners with ventures that bring jobs, income and new ideas to rural economies.

Emerging TravelA B2B travel trade publication covering aviation, hospitality and destinations in emerging and underreported markets, including agritourism.English AgritourismA national body for agritourism in England, modelled on Scottish Agritourism, giving farm-based tourism businesses a shared voice and common standards.Inaka LabsA joint FERN project in Japan.

Partners

FERN works with the Canadian Rural Development Foundation (CRDF), with whom it has produced a directory of rural researchers and a State of Rural Canada survey.

FERN’s partners and funders have included:

  • Defra
  • Keele University
  • BlueSphere Carbon
  • Global Bay
  • Lune Valley Community Land Trust
  • Maximum Exposure
  • VisitMalta

Have a project that could benefit from FERN’s network? Email info@fe-rn.org.

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