I organised the last DCA congress and it made a significant loss (mainly on the stomp, paying for the band), we decided to give it a rest for a while to build up finances, its still resting, this was about 1987? ---
The reason yew is mainly seen in churchyards is that it is highly poisonous to livestock so must be kept away from grazing land, it was grown for longbow making before saltpetre for gunpowder (and guns) became readily available.