What does the Agriculture Bill mean for British Farmers?
Organic Farmer and Writer Melanie Steele explores the likely impact and outcomes of the draft Agriculture Bill for Indie Farmer Michael Gove ( secretary of s... Read More...
Farming
Trying to find that elusive farm-life balance
Sitting outside with the sun beating down, the trees in full leaf, berries bursting from fruit bushes, grass finally in full vigour, hedgerows in full flower, a... Read More...
Is Defra missing the chance to integrate food, the environment and farmer livelihoods?
Despite the title ‘Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit’ Defra’s draft agricultural policy is missing just tha... Read More...
No-Till for Growers – Realising the Promise of Soil Health in Organic Horticulture
We all know about the soil health principles: cover soil, minimise disturbance, diversity in rotation or plantings, minimal chemical usage, living root in t... Read More...
Farmerama Radio: Episode 30 – Gove, agri-culture, Human Ecology, Sanfoin and Pollarding
Hello and welcome to Farmerama, episode 30! This month we bring you stories from the 9th Annual Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC). The Conference this year... Read More...
Mountain Hall Farm: The Life-Death-Life Cycle
It’s been a while since my last Indie Farmer post?—?that’s because the Summer has been entirely all-encompassing leaving little room for much else. This is a... Read More...
Plaw Hatch Farm: Autumn Update
First generation Farmer Gala is back with an Autumn update from Plaw Hatch Farm.. Autumn has well and truly arrived now with chill misty mornings and long dark... Read More...
Tiny cold lamb now part of the gang
They’ve had a precarious start. It’s a triumph they’re alive. So although I’d threatened to send the sock lambs to market, it’s unlikely. They regard me as ... Read More...
Cockhaise Farm: Growing In More Ways Than One
Dan Burdett is back with an update on the latest news and some exciting plans for growth in more ways than one at Cockhaise Farm After months of negotiation I ... Read More...
#OurField: Should we add nitrogen fertiliser or not?
Phoebe Tickell from the co-farming collective #Ourfield tells us about an exciting project that involves 40 people who have co-invested in a field of grain.. F... Read More...