Grazing with Nature: How Sam Newington is Rethinking Cattle Farming at Limden Brook Nigel Akehurst·October 13, 2025Limden Brook, a 450-acre farm of permanent pasture, floodplain meadows and wooded banks in the Limden Valley, has...Farming·0 Comments·0·39 views
Sheep, Sheepskins and Shared Responsibility: Life on the Land at Plaw Hatch Farm in Sussex Nigel Akehurst·October 9, 2025Plaw Hatch Farm, a 200-acre biodynamic co-operative on the edge of the Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, is...Farming·0 Comments·0·68 views
Pasture and Profit in Protected Landscapes Sponsored·Nigel Akehurst·April 21, 2024Pasture and Profit in Protected Landscapes is funded by Farming in Protected Landscapes Fund (FiPL) offering free, innovative...Farming·0 Comments·0·195 views
Meet the High Weald Farmers: Helen and Neil Ridge Sponsored·Nigel Akehurst·April 8, 2024We recently caught up with first generation farmers Helen and Neil Ridge at Fresh Meadow Farms in Dallington,...Farming·0 Comments·0·375 views
Meet the High Weald Farmers: Sam Newington Sponsored·Nigel Akehurst·April 8, 2024We recently caught up with Organic Beef Farmers Sam and Becky Newington at Burgham farm in Etchingham, East...Farming·0 Comments·0·191 views
Meet the High Weald Farmers: Dr Joanna Gore Sponsored·Nigel Akehurst·April 8, 2024We recently meet up with first generation small holder Dr Joanna Gore at Green Oak Farm in Brightling,...Farming·0 Comments·0·269 views
Meet the High Weald Farmers: Dan Burdett Sponsored·Nigel Akehurst·April 8, 2024We recently caught up with Organic Dairy Farmer Dan Burdett at Cockhaise Farm, near Haywards Heath in West...Farming·0 Comments·0·131 views
Review of Nestera Large Raised Chicken Coop Nigel Akehurst·December 13, 2022Back in October the kind people at Nestera gifted us one of their 100% recycled plastic chicken coops...Farming·0 Comments·0·2880 views
The truly local loaf – my home grain experience Oliver Rubinstein Baylis·August 2, 2022Cereal production is fundamentally inaccessible for most people. For eight months of the year the fields look just...FarmingFood·0 Comments·0·271 views
Meet the Regenerative Farmer – Tim May Nigel Akehurst·October 9, 2021We visit Kingsclere Estates in North Hampshire to meet Regenerative Farmer Tim May, to learn more about his...Farming·0 Comments·0·831 views
