Farmer switches to festivals

A Jersey farmer says he agreed to host a music festival on his land to try and earn an income outside of agriculture.

Carlton le Feuvre of La Hougue Farm in St Peter has already grown a cornfield maze on his land as a visitor attraction.

About 8,000 people could be making their way to his fields this weekend to see a live music festival, which borrows a stage from Glastonbury Festival.

Mr Le Feuvre says he wanted to get involved so his land could be used by the community.

He said: "Farmers have had an absolutely horrendous year - probably the worst ever on record.

"Because of the attachment to La Hougue and the fact that these are all surrounding fields, it was a different way for us move away from agriculture.

"We still have the pleasure of working on the land and being surrounded by the environment I have known all my life."