Why we need to champion grass-fed farming
By Richard Young Grazing animals have shaped the quintessentially pastoral British countryside for thousands of years and play a vital role in sustainable f... Read More...
Sustainable Farming
Ecological Land Cooperative: Why new entrants need your support
With only 11 days to go until the Ecological Land Co-operative’s Community Share Offer (www.ethex.org.uk/ecologicalland) ends, read why new entrants to agricu... Read More...
Soil is our greatest asset
This month Monica Akehurst has been learning about earth worms at a sustainable farming conference and has a few words to say about this years John Lewis Christ... Read More...
European Agroforestry Conference Report
Soil health and tree specialist Niels Corfield recently attended the European Agroforestry Conference in Montpelier and shares his experience of visiting exampl... Read More...
Agroecology: Heritage of healing
In his debut post for Indie Farmer development professional Abhijit Mohanty shines a light on the healing properties of agroecology practices in Southern and We... Read More...
Brexit and agriculture: What happens next?
What does Brexit mean for farming? We are in unchartered territory as our politicians keep saying. Regular Indie Farmer writer and Worcestershire based Organic ... Read More...
Life on a Small Arable Farm
We welcome Northampton based small-scale arable farmer Tristan Smith to the Indie Farmer fold. In his first 'Life on a Small Arable Farm' blog post we learn abo... Read More...
Introduction to Cockhaise Farm
Organic Dairy Farmer Dan Burdett joins us as a new regular contributor sharing his experiences of life at Cockhaise Farm in West Sussex, building soil fertility... Read More...
Feeding Body & Soul – A Farming Documentary Project
Walter Lewis is an independent photographer who spent the best part of 2015 travelling around England and Wales photographing people operating in the 'indie far... Read More...
A Beginners Guide to No Dig Gardening
In this beginners guide to No Dig, award-winning expert and writer Charles Dowding explains the basics of growing using a non-cultivation method that is gaining... Read More...