If you’ve been dreaming of ditching the city for a sprawling rural farm you’re not alone – but while the simple life sounds idyllic, many forget what hard work farming really is. Enter agrihoods, new farm-to-table developments that let you live in a farming community without having to cultivate the land. Here, you can haveContinueContinue reading “What is An Agrihood? Learn About These New Farm-to-Table Communities – Guest post by Karlyn McKell”
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Meet the Farmers Podcast – Episode 86 – Barbara Bray
In the latest episode Ben meets food and nutrition consultant, and Nuffield scholar, Barbara Bray. https://soundcloud.com/user-396010157/meet-the-farmers-podcast-episode-86-thinking-about-nutrition/s-mpkxtKkPccr
Book Review – ‘Connecting With Life’ by Martin Summer
Connecting with Life can be read either cover to cover, as it is eminently readable, or used as a handbook for rekindling one’s relationship with the natural world, to be kept on the shelf but dipped into now and then when you need a natural boost of encouragement to get outdoors. Summer’s debut book isContinueContinue reading “Book Review – ‘Connecting With Life’ by Martin Summer”
Meet the Farmers Podcast – episode 85 – The Future of Food, Farming and Our Countryside
Ben speaks to Monmouthshire farmer and the CEO of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission, Sue Pritchard. https://soundcloud.com/user-396010157/meet-the-farmers-episode-85-the-future-of-food-farming-and-our-countryside/s-jHksn2v9dPQ
Meet the Farmers podcast – 84. Meet the Forester
In the latest podcast episode, alongside the week’s farming news, Ben speaks to forester, Luke Hemmings about why he thinks farmers should think more about trees. https://soundcloud.com/user-396010157/meet-the-farmers-podcast-84-meet-the-forester/s-aLrUqXyv0Oe
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