Community

We believe that the local community should join us in enjoying the surrounding countryside and are committed to promoting local produce and farming within our community, through farm visits and education.

Laurence J Betts Ltd  encourage and invite the community to learn about the source of their food and therefore provide regular visits and tours to educate and inform people of our food production system.

We strongly believe that local people should be able to enjoy the surrounding countryside. Great care is taken to maintain the heritage of our landscape, integrating farming with environmental stability for everybody to enjoy.

Laurence J Betts Ltd is always looking to give back to the community which includes:

• Visits from local schools
• Visits from local colleges
• Farm tours for visitors
• Visits of Research and Development (ADAS soil talk)
• Providing talks to local horticultural societies
• Giving talks to local Parish councils
• Maintaining local woodlands and nature trails
• Open Farm Sunday
• Encourages local walkers/ramblers by maintaining footpaths and trails
• Hosting world cheese award ceremony
• Providing assistance in clearing local flood and storm disaster
• Hedge cutting and tree clearing throughout the local community
• Helps during the annual Offham May Day Celebration
• Hosting NFU events and farm walks

Laurence J Betts Ltd contributes a percentage of our annual profits to charities all over the world:

• Kings Hill Christian Fellowship
• Farming Community Network 
• The Quest School for Autistic Children, Ryarsh 
• Kagando Hospital, Uganda
• Children with Cancer UK 
• The Matthew Elvidge Trust
• Crusade For World Revival (CWR) 
• Offham Parish Church
• TEAR Fund
• St. Faith’s Church, Maidstone
• Lawrence Barham Memorial Trust in Rwanda
• MOVEMBER
• The Banana Tree Project, Tanzania
• The Banunule School, Uganda
• Hellenic Ministries, Athens