Meet Ed Gingell – the ‘Lewis Hamilton’ of Shearing..
Ed Gingell and his shearing team (Alex and Freedom) recently came to the farm and sheared all 220...
Nigel Akehurst
Photo Story: A Guide to Sheep Shearing
Earlier this month we sheared our flock of Suffolk and Mule ewes – during which I photographed the...
Tiny traders give stall holders a run for their money
Tiny traders give stall holders a run for their money… This week Borough Market welcomed a special group...
Photo Story: CSA Network UK National Gathering 2015
I visited Canalside Community Food, a community supported agriculture (CSA) organic vegetable scheme based just outside of Leamington...
Photo Story: The Smallholders Show 2015
The Smallholders Show 2015 We really enjoyed exhibiting at the smallholders show for the first time last year...
The smallholders show 2015
A massive thanks to everyone who stopped by our Indie Farmer pop up stand for a chat at the Smallholders Show last weekend. Everyone loved the bell tent we borrowed for our stand last year but we decided to go with a more practical 'pop up' gazeb
The Road Trip Journal Update
With the one year anniversary of my road trip fast approaching (1st of July) I wanted to update everyone who kindly followed and sponsored my trip via the blog and indiegogo campaign last summer and give you a sneak preview of how the designs are coming along for the print journal...
Pitch us your farming and food stories
We are on the hunt for contributors who want to share their stories with a growing community on Indie Farmer - from spotlighting raw milk dairy farmers to essays on how to fix the local food economy, photo stories and interviews with innovative farmers and food makers, useful how to guides and special reports highlighting the issues surrounding the industrialised food system...
A guide to hay making by hand..
Inspired by my visit to Monkton Wlyd Court (an education centre for sustainable living) last summer (whilst on...
GROW London 2015
GROW London 2015 – having thoroughly enjoyed the first GROW London last year we went along to this...