Indie Farm Road Trip Update – Part 2
Moving on from Kent into Sussex, Veronica and I visit two vineyards, a micro brewery on the south downs, a rural pastimes show and the largest collection of sheep breeds in the world...
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Rural Pastimes Fair 2014
Given the Rural Pastimes fair 2014 coincided with my road trip bringing me to Sussex I decided to ride down to the Pestalozzi Village in Sedlescombe on Saturday and photograph the proud owners of some vintage farming tech.
It was great to meet budding farmer (pictured above) Adam Sims, 14 with his Grey Ferguson Tractor, a local to the area - Adam restored the tractor and uses it on a few acres where his family live in the village. He is currently growing potatoes and plans to pursue farming as a career...
Road Trip Update – Visiting Kent
I set off from London on my 6 week road trip last Thursday the 31st of July on a well laden down Veronica - first destination Graveney in Kent..
Indie Farmer Road Trip Crowd Funding Push
With only a few days before I set off on my 6 week road trip I need your help to get me closer to my crowd funding target. There are a host of amazing perks for supporting such as the special edition Indie Farmer Road Trip print journal, a selection of hamper boxes and Indie Farmer tees and totes...
Know a farmer or food artisan that deserves coverage?
Do you know a farmer or artisan food maker who deserves to be featured on Indie Farmer? Maybe you follow a farmer or artisan food maker on Instagram and want to learn more about them? Let me know and I'll see if I can meet them on my road trip...
Indie Farmer Road Trip selected as BarbourSummer Winner
Growing up wearing Barbour jackets on the farm, my ten year old Bedale is my jacket of choice for riding around town on my scooter. So when I spotted the #BarbourSummer competition on instagram I was inspired to tell them about my upcoming road trip and was selected as one of their winners..
Lambeth Country Show 2014
This year marked the 40th anniversary of Lambeth Country Show so being on my doorstep I scooted down to Brockwell Park to check out the Sheep on show...
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Bale Art on the Family Farm
I was back on the family farm for a couple of days this week helping with the bale cart backlog and preparing for harvest - so swapping e-mails for bales I got stuck in and managed to create my first time lapse video and rescued a family of triplets to boot...
The Smallholders Show 2014
Whilst exhibiting for the first time to raise awareness of The Indie Farmer Road Trip and showcase our new Indie Farmer Tees and Totes, I also managed to do a quick tour around the showground to meet some of the other exhibitors, smallholders and livestock on show. You can see highlights of the Indie Farmer Bell Tent and our first 'offline' experience on the blog..