Groundswell — farming’s very own Glastonbury — returns each summer to the Cherry family’s Hertfordshire farm, drawing a growing crowd of farmers, thinkers, growers and storytellers grappling with some of the biggest questions facing food and agriculture. Across two packed days — with more than 10,000 people attending — I moved
Back in 2021, I shared a post called How to Start a Meat Box Business, which struck a chord with a lot of small-scale farmers. Fast forward a few years and I wanted to offer a follow-up, drawing on our own experience of running a successful monthly farm gate sale
Pasture and Profit in Protected Landscapes is funded by Farming in Protected Landscapes Fund (FiPL) offering free, innovative mentoring and an events programme across several National Landscapes for farmers interested in increasing farm profits and biodiversity through the management of grazing animals. We recently caught up with Deborah Barker, Pasture
Over the last few years I’ve built up a small meat box business direct from our family farm. It might not appeal to all farmers, but with very little in the way of startup costs – it’s not that difficult to give it a try. I’ve enjoyed building
We recently interviewed Martin and Hazel Tkalez, from the Pevensey Cheese Company to learn more about their journey to becoming cheese makers over the last two and half years. Can you in tell us a bit about your business Pevensey Cheese Company? We are Hazel and Martin Tkalez and we
Last week we went along to the much-loved Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC17), the annual food and farming event set up as an alternative to the Oxford Farming Conference.. Firstly a bit of background for those of you who haven’t been before – ORFC is a unique gathering of the
We were fortunate enough to interview American Farmer, Lecturer and Author Joel Salatin during his recent flying visit to the UK. He was the keynote speaker at a 2-day workshop we attended titled ‘The Role of Livestock in Future Farming Systems: From Theory to Practice’ run by The Sustainable Food
I recently attended a 2-day workshop run by the Sustainable Food Trust titled ‘The Role of Livestock in Future Farming Systems: From Theory to Practice’ featuring Joel Salatin and a diverse range of expert panelists. It was an extraordinary and diverse gathering of some of the UK’s leading food
Last month I attended the world famous Slow Food Terra Madre 2016 – Salone Del Gusto held in Turin, Italy as a delegate (and a reporter) from the 22-26th of September. It was my second Slow Food experience in Italy having attended the SFYN (Slow Food Youth Network) We Feed the
Many different organisations across boundaries and labels have grouped together to form Agricology, a curated knowledge base for ecological farming ideas.. Farmerama Abby and I went along to the Agricology Open Day held at Daylesford Farm a couple of months ago to learn more about it and see some of
Words by Michael Harding
regenerative farming
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