School Farm Faversham

Personal Blog – Martin Thomas

School Farm Faversham

School Farm is more than just a farm! As well as our arable agricultural activities, we are the base for the employee owned scientific instrumentation company Cairn Research Ltd and we also host the studios for the Radio Faversham.

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An Irishman in Paris

With apologies to Sting! So yes, Martin is now a fully fledged member of the European Union once again, as he finally has the Irish passport to go with the citizenship that he was granted last year, and the background...

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Radio Faversham

Yes, Faversham has its very own radio station, and since 2021 it has been based at its own studios at the farm, so how did THAT happen?.

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Welcome To School Farm

School Farm is more than just a farm! As well as our arable agricultural activities, we are the base for the employee owned scientific instrumentation company Cairn Research Ltd and we also host the studios for the Radio Faversham Community Interest Company, so all in all this is quite a busy place!

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Radio Faversham Finds a New Home at School Farm!

Published on: August 4th, 2026
Posted In: Farm News, Radio Faversham

The move marked an exciting new chapter for Radio Faversham, giving the volunteer-run station a permanent base right in the community it was created to serve. Radio Faversham gives local people a voice, with its presenters and volunteers sharing music, interviews, local events and the stories of the people, businesses and organisations that make Faversham

An Irishman in Paris

Published on: May 9th, 2023
Posted In: Chairman’s Blog, Landlord’s Blog

With apologies to Sting! So yes, Martin is now a fully fledged member of the European Union once again, as he finally has the Irish passport to go with the citizenship that he was granted last year, and the background to which you can read about here And it has been a particular privilege to

Alas, poor Plymouth, but Paris continues!

Published on: May 26th, 2022
Posted In: Chairman’s Blog, Landlord’s Blog

Free Again Yes, slowly but surely the world of virtual meetings is becoming supplanted by reality once again, which once more means seeing real people at real destinations, as Martin is currently doing in Paris.  He is once again at the Paris Neuro workshop, for which the last real meeting took place in the spring of

We are now an employee owned trust!

Published on: November 21st, 2021
Posted In: Chairman’s Blog, Landlord’s Blog

In some ways there is little more to say about this, but in others a very great deal, and we’ve just posted an extensive blog to provide all the details. But to summarise here, what does this actually mean for YOU? In the short term, nothing, but in the long term, and for us as