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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 Shepherd’s Diary: June

For us Lambing finished on May 29th, a good sized single, up and sucking, the young ewe appeared to have it all under control. I observed that the lamb was male and decided that I should get to ringing him before he could outrun me.