The long awaited 25 Year Environment Plan

I've been stuck indoors today, struck down by flu yesterday. There are a lot of things going around at the moment, and I was being optimistic and hoping that I wouldn't catch anything this winter. Oh well! Hopefully I'm now over the worst of it but you never really can tell with these things. ItContinue reading "The long awaited 25 Year Environment Plan"

An Interview with Adam O’Hare

Recently I spoke to Adam O'Hare who is a naturalist and film maker from the West Midlands. Unlike your stereotypical conservationist Adam is a suburban Brummie from a working-class background. He is also openly gay. He has previously co-presented The Wild Side on Cambridge TV, with Jamie Wyver, and made two series of mini filmsContinue reading "An Interview with Adam O’Hare"

Chestnut and clementine cake with chocolate orange icing

Big thanks again to Holly for putting together this delicious recipe. Apologies that we didn't have one for you in December but we figured you would have plenty of recipes on the go anyway! To find more of Holly's seasonal recipes click here. ....................................................... Happy New Year and what better way to start the newContinue reading "Chestnut and clementine cake with chocolate orange icing"

Getting offshore, once a year

I know that a lot of you enjoy to get active in the countryside and I hope that you get some inspiration from this guest post by Tom, 'The Kayak Critic' who runs kayakcritic.net.  While the modern world has brought ease to our lives, it has also resulted in stress and anxiety. To live aContinue reading "Getting offshore, once a year"

First day of #ORFC18

Around 800 people descended on Oxford Town Hall yesterday morning to attend the 9th Oxford Real Farming Conference. This is my third time attending the event, but it feels just as exciting and in many ways just as groundbreaking as my first a few years ago. This year the ORFC is focusing on four distinctContinue reading "First day of #ORFC18"