Why we need to champion grass-fed farming Indie Farmer·March 16, 2019By Richard Young Grazing animals have shaped the quintessentially pastoral British countryside for thousands of years and play...Farming·0 Comments·0·319 views
The beginning of a new journey Dan Burdett·March 9, 2019Dan Burdett is back and on a new adventure reporting on farms making change happen in the UK...Farming·0 Comments·0·323 views
Mountain Hall Farm: On taking a gap year Alex Heffron·December 22, 2018This update very much continues the theme of the last. After a welcome but brief respite from milking...Farming·3 Comments·0·430 views
The Carbon Farmer: a vision for UK Peatland conservation, agriculture and climate action. Ben Eagle·December 18, 2018Recently released by producer Andy Clark the short film The Carbon Farmer provides a timely and important contribution...CultureFarming·0 Comments·0·255 views
Mountain Hall Farm: Our year of graduation Alex Heffron·October 28, 2018When I look back, I cringe at how naive and arrogant I was when we first started out....Farming·2 Comments·0·549 views
Future Farmers for East Sussex Indie Farmer·October 8, 2018Future Farmers for East Sussex The Ecological Land Cooperative opens smallholder applications for their East Sussex site continuing...Farming·1 Comment·0·139 views
What does the Agriculture Bill mean for British Farmers? Melanie Steele·October 3, 2018Organic Farmer and Writer Melanie Steele explores the likely impact and outcomes of the draft Agriculture Bill for...Farming·0 Comments·0·159 views
Trying to find that elusive farm-life balance Alex Heffron·June 14, 2018Sitting outside with the sun beating down, the trees in full leaf, berries bursting from fruit bushes, grass...Farming·3 Comments·0·385 views
Is Defra missing the chance to integrate food, the environment and farmer livelihoods? Elise Wach·May 6, 2018Despite the title ‘Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit’...FarmingFood·1 Comment·0·387 views
No-Till for Growers – Realising the Promise of Soil Health in Organic Horticulture Niels Corfield·February 22, 2018We all know about the soil health principles: cover soil, minimise disturbance, diversity in rotation or plantings, minimal...Farming·0 Comments·0·693 views
