As highlighted in our previous blog, the Covid-19 restrictions have exposed the limitations of our current food system with its long supply chains. The changes implemented at Huxhams Cross Farm in Devon with a shift from market or on farm sales to delivery have been echoed around the country. For example, Tablehurst Farm in Sussex,…Continue reading Farms for tomorrow today
Many farmers wrestle with the challenge of farm succession. Farmers are keen to see their organic or biodynamic farm, their life’s work, continue – but how?…Continue reading Farm Gift and Leaseback Workshop
By Tony Matthews. There are two beautiful river valleys in Carmarthenshire, South West Wales, the Gwendraeth Fawr and the Gwendraeth Fach, separated by the Carboniferous Limestone ridge which surfaces all around the South Wales coalfield. The two rivers join by Kidwelly castle then flow into Carmarthen bay. Ty`r Eithin farm, 80 acres in all, looks…Continue reading Ty`r Eithin: An Essay in Common Land and Sustainable Communities
It is an often quoted statistic in agriculture that the average age of the UK farmer is 59. What we can sometimes forget is that the UK picture is part of a wider social European landscape of older farmers. Only 7/10 per cent (conventional /organic) of all farmers in the European Union are below the age of 35 years. This is particularly worrying as farming is an intergenerational activity. …Continue reading Inspirational Young Farmers across Europe in the spotlight in new documentary series
