Posts Tagged ‘rural dating’

Farmer Wants a Wife – Are Your Looking For Love?

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

If you live in the countryside then you’ll be well aware that it can be especially difficult to meet new people and form new relationships when you live in a village or rural area. Don’t fret! There are plenty of country folk who are located across the UK who are looking for love and even new friendships. What better way of meeting new people with similar interests to yourself than to become a member of KissingGates.com!

Farmer Wants a Wife

Do you remember the Farmer Wants a Wife series that was aired on television in 2001? Farmer Wants a Wife was a reality show that tracked the lives of single farmers who were looking for love. Women were then encouraged to write a letter, of which the farmer has to select his top ten women who are then invited to a social gathering. The farmer’s favourite five then go on a date with him individually, with two living for a week on his farm, and then the farmer eventually chooses his favourite.  This whole show exemplifies the fact that it can be very difficult for farmers to meet new people.

The Difficulty of Countryside Living

If you’re a farmer then you’ll no doubt have an exceptionally difficult lifestyle in the sense that you’ll often work irregular hours, and will have to tend to livestock or harvest at certain times of the year. It can therefore be difficult to meet new people, especially when there are limited places to socialise in the countryside unlike urban areas that are a melting pot for singles. Imagine a place where you could meet new people and communicate with them around your hectic lifestyle…

KissingGates.com

Is the topic of ‘Farmer Wants a Wife‘ something that sounds familiar? This is no doubt the case; so what better way than to jump into the dating circle than through becoming a member of KissingGates.com today? Best of all it is free, and you can register for free today by clicking here.

Raw Business Magazine Feature Kissinggates!

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

James Vestbirk, founder of KissingGates.com (a rural dating website), talked to Raw Business about the practicalities and difficulties of running a “Farmer Wants a Wife” business in a rural area. James discussed his family farm, countryside life and rural broadband access which is a real issue for our members who live in remote areas. We have recently revised design elements in Kissinggates.com to improve the load speed for members who are suffering because of poor Internet access.

National Press Seeks Countryside Heroes

Friday, June 18th, 2010

Kissinggates.com is working with media groups to find countryside heroes to feature in a piece in the Daily Express Newspaper.

We are looking for people who have done something significant to help others in their rural area, this could be a friend, neighbour or relative who has continually made a difference to people from your rural community. Either by Crime Fighting, Pet Rescuing, Fire Fighting, the crazier the story the better!

Send your stories to James@RuralDating.co.uk and lets be proud of our Countryside Heroes.

How long do families farm for?

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Farming is one of the oldest industries, in the bible Jesus is described as a shepherd and ever since we have moved from wondering the countryside to settling in towns agriculture has evolved into a fast moving, highly innovative industry where science meets tradition.

However the rural community is currently feeling some pressure to evolve socially, farming and agriculture have traditionally embraced change- generally it has led to lower costs and less work on the farm. However there is a greater degree of resistance to social change in the rural community. Living and working in the countryside is very difficult, it can be regarded idealistically however the day to day life can be lonely and boring. That is why it is important to provide services so people can find partners and country friends. Kissinggates.com solves some of the problem of social dating, and finding a partner. We found during the recession a dramatic increase in  peoplestaying in leading to a mass closure of rural pubs. These difficult times meant more and more people wanted to share the burden of their problems, and that is where Kissinggates.com came in, a country friend finding service. It is free and safe to register on Kissinggates.com and the home of rural dating.

Rachel Green Lincolnshire Celebrity Chef talks Local Farming

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Did you know Rachel Green, who presented to Kill It Cook It Eat It! On BBC3, ITV Yorkshire’s Flying Cook and Farm of Fussy Eaters on UK TV Style, is one of the few British chefs who actually comes from a farming background? Astonishingly Rachel Green’s family farm have farmed in Lincolnshire for 14 generations so it really must run in her blood.

Today the Kisisnggates.com team attended an event, called ‘Metamorphosis,’ which was about progress and successful development for businesses. Rachel Green talked for about 45 – 60 minutes about her journey in business and passion for British food which stemmed from her father who refused to stock the kitchen with any foreign foods including Cheese, Wine and Vegetables. Rachel Green has a commitment to promoting British food, but particularly Lincolnshire produce including Lincolnshire Red Cattle, this passion is quite literally contagious! Kissinggates.com, an online dating website targeting the rural community was born out of an agricultural diversification and in fact started in a farm office and interestingly we are currently building up a herd of Lincoln Red cattle up ourselves. So we live and breath the problems farmers and rural communities have because we are very much part of that community and James Vestbirk, our founder splits his time between running this rural dating website and farming rare breed cattle and sheep. This balance and understanding of the rural community is crucial to Kissinggates.com success.

If you have not heard of Rachel, do Google her, she is a fantastic chef and champion for British food :-)

Under 30’s Leave Countryside.

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

A recent study carried out by Stuart Burgess, the Government’s Rural Advocate, found 200,000 young people are leaving the countryside / year. The age bracket in question is 15 – 29, this is something that correlates with statistics on Kissinggates.com where the biggest growth is in the over 30’s.

This shift of under 30’s leaving the countryside will have a lasting damage on rural industries, most notably the agriculture sector. Rural services are already suffering- pub and post office closures will experience a compounding growth across the countryside, spreading like a disease, if more of our under 30’s leave in search of better paid jobs. Also the fantastic British pub culture will be wiped out if the youth continue to leave the countryside.

This problem was in fact the inspiration behind Kissinggates.com, James Vestbirk our founder returned to his family farm and saw the problems of pub closures, he then started a social network and dating site for the rural community – kisisnggates.com, the home of rural dating.

Dr Burgess report found three key areas to focus; finding somewhere to live, work and socialise in the countryside. Astonishingly the report highlights 60% of housing in urban areas can access fast cable Internet compared to only 1.5% in the countryside. These kind of statistics have been considered in Kissinggates.com design and build where we have focused on function, form and load speed to help people in rural broadband black spots. We have previously blogged about Goverment reports on Rural Broadband improves for Farmers but there is clearly a long way to go.

We hope Kissinggates.com can help the under 30s find a reason to stay and support the countryside like their parents, grand parent and great grand parents did. It free, safe and simple to register today.

Upgrade via PayPal

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

We are always trying to save you time and hassle, while maintaining a high degree of security. You can now register for free on Kissinggates.com, the home of rural dating, if you then decide to upgrade and become a full member you can do so via pay pal as well as credit card etc.

New Years Resolution 2010

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

After a season of being jolly and over indulging, 2010 is a year you should look after yourself and find a date. If you are interested in rural dating, and countryside dating why not register for free on Kissinggates.com, it’s the home of rural and farmer dating.

“I have four women on the go”

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

One of our members recently contacted us for advice on how to handle he influx of messages.

Some background:

William (44) had separated from his wife two years ago and was ready to start dating again so he signed up to kissinggates.com having read an article in the Farmers Guardian about rural dating.

William is a gardener from rural Lincolnshire and not a savvy Internet user, however he quickly got to grips with the easy to use dating website and began messaging local singletons. William is now at the stage where he is meeting new women for dates and drinks. The problem he has, which is why he contacted us, is that he has now been on several dates with four different women and is still messaging all of them.

What should he do?

Firstly well done for getting yourself out there William, good on you. It is a typical situation of waiting years for a bus and four arrive at once. If you have just been on a date or two it could be to early to tell who you are drawn to. We would recommend applying the three date rule and waiting untill date three before making a decision.You should not feel bad about dating more than one person so early on in the dating process, however once you have found someone you will intuitively know when to stop meeting new people and we look forward to an invite to the wedding! Good Luck :)

Prince Charles speaks out on Organic Farming

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Prince Charles recently spoke on the ever increasing industrialisation of farming.

He said.. “If an industrialized approach to animal husbandry – which increasingly treats animals as machines in an ever more “efficient” system – carries no risk, then why are we seeing E. coli outbreaks in the United States from cattle raised on feedlots, fed on corn (when their stomachs were designed to cope with grass and leaves) and processed in ever-decreasing numbers of abattoirs as big as car factories?”

As populations increase and areas of the world are suffering famine, can we sustain an non-indusrial approach to farming?

At kissinggates.com, the home of rural dating, you can search and find single farmers to discuss this issue (it’s free to register :) )