Oxford Real Farming Conference: A Q&A with Colin Tudge
COLIN TUDGE IS A BIOLOGIST, AUTHOR AND ONE OF THE UK’S LEADING FIGURES IN THE REALM OF ‘ENLIGHTENED...
Nigel Akehurst
Advanced Meat Course
Driven by a desire to learn more about butchery and retail the beef and lamb from our family farm I booked myself onto the Advanced Meat Course at the School of Artisan Food, a course designed for existing butchers, chefs, small holders and enthusiasts. Read more about my experience on the two day course by clicking below...
Beginner Farmer
My first two months back on the farm in pictures and words...black leg, a tragic local farm fire, sheep work, buying cattle at a livestock market, calving, autumn cultivations and a tractor trundle - just a few of the ups and down's of life as a beginner farmer...
FARM:shop – East London Urban Farming Hub
Transformed from a derelict shop on Dalston Lane into an urban farm and aquaponic's centre. We talk to the Something & Son team behind the concept and get their thoughts on what the future of urban farming could look like..
Back on the Family Farm
It didn’t take long to realise that occasional weekends helping on the farm and annual holidays spent lambing haven’t really prepared me for the realities of becoming a full time farmer...
Buzzfeed’s 25 top farming instagram accounts to follow..
I was really chuffed to be featured amongst some awesome farming instagram accounts from around the world last month by social content website Buzzfeed...
Indie Farm Road Trip Update – Part 5
The final leg of my 6 week indie farm road trip took me to Monmouthshire where I visited a rural skills centre founded by a well known celebrity, an artisan cider and perry producer, two cured meat producers, a horseman in a community woodland before moving onto Hereford and then all the way to East Yorkshire before driving 224 miles back to London in a day!
Indie Farm Road Trip Update – Part 4
I visited Stream Farm in Somerset where I chatted to farm owner James Odgers on his model of...
The Big Feastival 2014
The Big Feastival 2014 – realising I was in the vicinity of Kingham on my Indie Farmer Road...
Indie Farm Road Trip Update – Part 3
Leaving Hampshire for Sherbourne in Devon I spent the weekend at the Adventure Travel Film Festival hosted by motorbike travel adventure duo Austin and Lois...