Providing Old Skills for a New Generation ; Moves to Bring Training to the Farm and Ensure That Old Skills Are Passed On to the Next Generation Are Picking Up Pace in Northumberland. Karen Dent Finds Outs About the Work Being Done to Ensure the North of the County Doesn't Miss Out.

The Journal › October 03, 2009

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MAKING sure north Northumberland farmers can access the training they need to keep up with the rapidly changing industry without having to take too much time out from the essential business of agriculture is at the heart of Viv Cockburn's philosophy.

Since taking over as the North Northumberland Agricultural Training Association's (NNATA) training co-ordinator recently, she has made it her priority to capture as much available money as possible to provide affordable training for the area.

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Providing Old Skills for a New Generation ; Moves to Bring Training to the Farm and Ensure That Old Skills Are Passed On to the Next Generation Are Picking Up Pace in Northumberland. Karen Dent Finds Outs About the Work Being Done to Ensure the North of the County Doesn't Miss Out.

The Wooler-based non-profit making organisation was originally set up in the 1970s to help land-based businesses learn the skills they needed to keep up with new developments - a situati...

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