Our Fellowship
Liverymen enjoy a range of formal and informal social events and
celebrations and can bring guests to a number of them. In a typical
year there will be a Banquet, a Livery Dinner, our Agricultural
Lecture & Dinner, four Livery Luncheons and a Summer
Outing.
There are opportunities to take part in City ceremonies -
the Lord Mayor’s Show, the Election of the Lord Mayor, the Election
of the Sheriffs and the United Guilds’ Service at St Paul’s -
all followed by lunch. There are opportunities to attend
courses on how the City of London works.
As one of the Seven “Food” Companies, the Farmers Company
contributes to the organisation of the City Food Lecture and
Reception in the Guildhall, to which Liverymen and wider food
industry people are invited.
Teams may represent the Company in a Livery Pancake Race and a
Clay Shoot. There may be invitations from our affiliated military
and cadet units, including sea days on our affiliated warship, and
there are visits to the inner city farm that we support. We
celebrate Harvest Festival and Christmas.
We seek to achieve high standards in what we do and we do it
with enthusiasm, but also appropriate formality. The character and
nature of our Company show through at our events.