What does the Agriculture Bill mean for British Farmers?
Organic Farmer and Writer Melanie Steele explores the likely impact and outcomes of the draft Agriculture Bill for Indie Farmer Michael Gove ( secretary of s... Read More...
Melanie Steele
Brexit and farming: What happens next?
Melanie Steele explores what Brexit will mean for farmers and food producers 6-months on from the referendum.. Six months have already passed since the R... Read More...
What will Brexit mean for farmers
Some of us see the vote for Brexit as the chance for liberation from the worst of the EU: red tape, a financial burden on the nation, uncontrolled migration. Ot... Read More...
Brexit and agriculture: What happens next?
What does Brexit mean for farming? We are in unchartered territory as our politicians keep saying. Regular Indie Farmer writer and Worcestershire based Organic ... Read More...
What will Brexit mean for farming?
Regular contributor and Worcestershire based Organic Arable and Sheep Farmer Melanie Steele considers what Brexit will mean for farming and makes a passionate c... Read More...
Book Review: Six Steps Back to the Land
Melanie Steele explores the key themes in Colin Tudge's latest book, Six Steps Back to the Land, and invites readers to join the debate in our comments box - do... Read More...
The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food
Melanie Steele explores the key themes of Dan Barber's seminal book 'The Third Plate' and discusses her own experience of attending the recent Oxford Real Far... Read More...
One-straw revolution – an introduction to natural farming
Who was Masanobu Fukuoka? Masanobu Fukuoka’s book The One-Straw Revolution* was published in 1975. Those who embraced the swift advances in technolog... Read More...
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson – Review
Silent Spring is one of those books that many people may have heard of, even if they have not read it. Until about one month ago, this was true of me. It is an ... Read More...
Agricultural Philosophy: Wendell Berry
A couple of months ago I wrote about how I got interested in agricultural philosophy and the ideas behind decisions about farming models. A couple of people su... Read More...
