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Heini Daniels, a member from Wales YFC, writes about her recent trip involving a lesser-known organisation in the UK. Last month, I was fortunate enough to attend my second Young Farmers Ambassadors (YFA) reunion held in Cookstown, Northern Ireland. It was a fantastic weekend being reunited with friends, reminiscing, meeting new people, dressing up, learning about the YFA and not …

The Autumn seminar ‘think love move do’, hosted by Norwegian 4H was my very first Rural Youth Europe seminar to attend and I was a little nervous, as I didn’t know what to expect. My adventure began from Dublin flying to Oslo, then taking the express train to Drammen where we were met by the prep team and other members …

Hi! My name is Jule (Julia Müller) I am 25 years old and come from Waiblingen – southern Germany. What Landjugend experience do you have? Since I was 16 years old I have been a member of my local rural youth club. I had a typical rural youth life; first member, then chairperson of the local club, organising events. From 2014 – 2016 I was …

I am Sebastian Lassnig, 25 from Austria and vice-chair for Rural Youth Europe. What Landjugend experience do you have? Since 2006 I am a member of Rural Youth Austria (Landjugend Österreich) and within this years I volunteered  in several positions which led me in the end to my current position in the RYEurope board.:) What is your best RYEurope memory? …

Mikko represents the Nordic countries in the Board. Here we have gathered some fun facts about him: Mikko Välitalo, 27 years old, from Finland Re-elected group 3 representative (Nordic countries) in the board Works as math and physics teaher Member of Finnish 4H since 2001. My best RYEutope moments: Seminar in France 2011 as got many good friends there and …

What is your name, how old are you and where are you from? My name is Dr Geoff Thompson, I am 28 and from Katesbridge, Country Down… the coldest place in Northern Ireland. What is your experience with Young Farmers’ Club? I’ve been a member of the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster for over 16 years now. During that time, I’ve been the …

Next week I will be standing for election as chairman of a valuable European youth movement and this comes at some especially interesting and changing times. The UK’s decision to leave the European Union has left many people wondering what this means for Rural Youth Europe. It has also left a vacuum, absent of certainty for the future of many …

This summer, I have had four chickens and a rooster in our backyard behind our summer house. I would have preferred a dog, but reality set its limits; during the winter we stay in a flat, and my fiancé has an allergy. So we thought chickens whould be perfect – they stay outside, they lay eggs and my fiancé doesn’t need …

On the 23rd of June 2016, the UK held a referendum to determine its membership of the European Union.  More than 30 million UK residents turned out to vote, signifying the importance of the referendum. A majority vote of 51.9% determined that the UK would leave the EU. A result, I believe shocked the nation. Having spoken to both ‘remain’ …

On may 22nd travelled I and the other Norwegian participant down to Strasbourg to attend the Study Session "Dream it Loud!". We did not know what to expect because neither of us had ever attended such an event. We talked about it on the way there; who are the people from all the other countries, what will we be doing this …