{"id":6594,"date":"2019-09-30T12:54:02","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T11:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=6594"},"modified":"2019-09-30T12:54:02","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T11:54:02","slug":"september-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=6594","title":{"rendered":"September Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

September Review<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

At our September meeting a warm welcome was extended to everyone, especially our visitors Ann and Paula. We sincerely hope they will visit again soon.<\/p>\n

The evening commenced with a minute\u2019s silence in memory of Shirley Harris. Shirley was a long-standing member of our Institute and had been on the Committee for a number of years. She will be missed greatly and our thoughts and prayers are with Shirley\u2019s family at this sad time.<\/p>\n

Our speaker on this occasion was Abi Reader MBE. Abi has always enjoyed farming and the countryside. Since graduating from the Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester Abi has completed a Farm Business Management Course and a Rural Leadership Course. She farms on the family farm \u2013 Goldsland Farm, Wenvoe \u2013 and it is evident that she thoroughly enjoys all aspects of it. She is truly passionate about farming. Abi was the first female County Chairman in Glamorgan and she was also the youngest Chair by about 20 years.<\/p>\n

She has worked tirelessly setting up and taking around the \u2018Cows on Tour Road Show\u2019 to schools all over the country \u2013 raising a lot of money for charity at the same time. Cows are a big part of Abi\u2019s life. The 200 cows at Goldsland Farm are Holstein Friesan and Dairy Shorthorn and they are all homebred. Farm Open Sundays are becoming popular and Abi has joined this initiative. In 2014 they were anticipating 50 visitors but 300 turned up. Within a few years this figure has risen to 3,000!<\/p>\n

Abi is one amazing lady! Her advice to us, in order to support the wonderful work of our farmers, is \u2018Buy Welsh, buy British and look for the Red Tractor logo\u2019. The MBE she has been awarded is thoroughly deserved and we wish her well with all her plans for the future.<\/p>\n

WI business consisted mainly of collecting names for various events, including our Fish and Chip Supper in November. Members were reminded that they will need to pay for this at our next meeting.<\/p>\n

Our October meeting is on Thursday, 3rd October at 7pm at Wenvoe Church Hall. Our speaker will be Susan Dickson Davies. She will be giving us an insight into \u201cThe Breast Centre\u201d at Llandough Hospital (our charity for this year). We will be presenting a cheque for \u00a3400 – the result of our recent fundraising events. Visitors can be assured of a warm welcome and there is no charge.<\/p>\n

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