In this episode I visited Kent arable farmer Andy Howard who is also a Nuffield scholar and has a particular interest in companion cropping.
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‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 39 – Katie Anderson
Katie Anderson (aka Female Farmer UK) is a young farmer originally from Essex who is now living and working in Kent. Katie recently founded Paddlesworth Produce through which she directly markets her own produce as well as the produce of other local producers. As part of this she has created a ‘breakfast box’, a ‘Sunday roastContinue reading “‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 39 – Katie Anderson”
Book Review: ‘On the Marshes’ by Carol Donaldson
The marshlands of north Kent represent a pocket of isolation within a sea of growing urbanisation and economic ‘progress’. The call of the curlew cuts across the wide open landscape, interspersed with areas of scrub and gatherings of sheep. Redundant barges sink into the mud as pleasure cruisers herald a change in culture at theContinue reading “Book Review: ‘On the Marshes’ by Carol Donaldson”