A 450-acre mixed arable and livestock farm now in organic conversion, near Totnes in Devon. Farmers Jon and Lynne Perkin took on the tenancy of the farm, owned by Dartington Hall Trust, in March 2015. They established Dartington Dairy in 2016, selling products from their goats milk, and their Jersey cow milk going to a…Continue reading Old Parsonage Farm
Old Parsonage Farm
The Biodynamic Land Trust is pleased to be supporting Old Parsonage Farm, near Totnes in Devon to embark on a new stage in its evolution. The Trust has been able to respond to this urgent need and exciting opportunity as a result of the regular donations and continued financial investments from its supporters and shareholders…Continue reading Old Parsonage Farm
Covid-19 and Food Security
Marina O’Connell, co-Director of The Apricot Centre at Huxhams Cross Farm near Totnes, one of the Biodynamic Land Trust’s farm projects, reflects on the current situation. In the absence of cruise ships the dolphins have re-inhabited the canals of Venice. In Totnes, in the absence of something I can’t quite put a name to, the…Continue reading Covid-19 and Food Security
Huxhams Cross Farm
The 34-acre farm near Totnes established on land secured by the Biodynamic Land Trust in September 2015, is now fully operational. Designed and run by the Apricot Centre applying biodynamic and permaculture principles, the farm achieved full biodynamic status in 2018. THE FARM In the months preceding the land purchase the Land Trust in partnership…Continue reading Huxhams Cross Farm