Rich in diversity united in creative growth in the countryside

The Discovery Program gives you the chance to travel all over the world to experience new things and meet new people.

What was the Spring Seminar? Chance to meet and find out about other clubs from over Europe. To tell and show people about are own Young Farmers and what we do. To discus and talk about the topic “ Rich in diversity. United in creative growth in the countryside”. 11 countries altogether joined for the week.

Reasons for having the Seminar. To discuss and talk about what is happening in our own countries. To discuss what we are doing to solve these problems. To find out and to talk about if we can use other peoples ways of solving these problems in our own country. How people live and work in different parts of the Europe.

places we visited round Valmiera

Accommodation Where we stayed not only run the accommodation but also had an additional income from the working mill which produced flour and wool.

Working mill Products that are sold are made from the wool that is woven from the local sheep from nearby farm.

The “Farms” Everything is made by them selves. The houses are made of straw and timber for the walls and bark for the roof slates. The wood that is not used is then cut down and stored for fire wood. All the food that is eaten is grown from the land that they live on.

The second farm that we visited was an animal farm with different breeds of wild birds horses and other animals.

We visited one farm where they grow hemp. They ground the seeds of it up to make a paste that they sell. But the rest of the plant is not wasted. They work at it and make rope out of it. Which ends up as what we recognise as our tug of war rope!

There was an afternoon show case with other business from the area. We then put are business ideas forward to tell them what ideas we have from where we are from.

Tastes of Europe. Every country that went brought food and drink along from where they come from to Latvia so we could share and experience the tastes from all over Europe. SwedenAustriaWales NorwayHungaryIreland There was 12 countries altogether that went.

D.I.Y! Taking part in everything there was made the whole trip fun and enjoyable. Making some of the best friends along the way!

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