Author Archives: Ben Eagle

#Februdairy ‘diary’ Cheese Challenge

All of this month an informal campaign called ‘Februdairy’ has been launched to support all things dairy. It leads on from another very successful ‘Veganuary’. As part of the campaign my brother Sam and I are undertaking a ‘cheese challenge’, sampling one cheese each day of the month. So far we have tried Fosseway FleeceContinueContinue reading “#Februdairy ‘diary’ Cheese Challenge”

Chris Packham and the Nature Friendly Farming Network

I recently visited Martin Lines, UK Chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network. Martin invites large numbers of people to his farm each year to show them what he is doing to improve the state of nature on his farm. One of those guests was Chris Packham who organised a bioblitz to take place onContinueContinue reading “Chris Packham and the Nature Friendly Farming Network”

#FarmerHealth – Meeting Anna Groom of AEG Nutrition

Regular readers of this blog will notice that mental and physical health, particularly within the farming community are becoming fairly frequent subjects on Thinking Country. To continue the theme I recently visited Anna Groom, who is an HCPC Registered Dietician and Sports Dietician  from Suffolk. Alongside working for the NHS Anna runs AEG nutrition whichContinueContinue reading “#FarmerHealth – Meeting Anna Groom of AEG Nutrition”

Did you know that we have a National Tree Champion?

I received an email yesterday asking ”are you available to speak to BBC Radio Essex tomorrow morning?” … ‘it’s about trees, and it’ll be live’. I was in. Any opportunity to help profile the benefits of tree planting in the county. (for the record if you want to listen to this it’ll be available forContinueContinue reading “Did you know that we have a National Tree Champion?”

Upcoming Big Farmland Bird Count + the EAT Lancet Report

Between the 8th and 17th February farmers, land managers and gamekeepers are being asked to participate in the 6th Big Farmland Bird Count by taking 30 minutes to count bird species on a particular location on their farm. This has become a critically important citizen scientific survey and the results help to give us aContinueContinue reading “Upcoming Big Farmland Bird Count + the EAT Lancet Report”