It is relatively rare that you find yourself reading a book whilst actively doing the things contained within its pages. I am currently in the middle of the lambing period on our Essex coastal farm. A round the clock watch is kept on our ewes and lambs: feeding, watering, bedding up and assisting mothers. TheContinueContinue reading “Book Review – A Farmer’s Diary: A Year at High House Farm – by Sally Urwin”
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An Interview with Icelandic Sheep Farmer and Instagrammer Pálína Axelsdóttir Njarðvík
If you have an Instagram account and have any sort of interest in the countryside or farming (as you are on thinkingcountry the latter can be assumed) you may well have heard of Pálína Axelsdóttir Njarðvík who now has over 35,000 followers on her ‘farmlifeiceland’ page. The vast majority of her photos are of sheep asContinueContinue reading “An Interview with Icelandic Sheep Farmer and Instagrammer Pálína Axelsdóttir Njarðvík”
How Would Agriculture in the UK Change if the Lynx were Introduced? – Guest post by Emily Folk
The impacts on agriculture in the UK from introducing a new predator have yet to be determined. As humans, we have made huge impacts on this world—some of them good, and some of them bad. With the growth of our population and the need to feed those people, we have developed technologies and techniques thatContinueContinue reading “How Would Agriculture in the UK Change if the Lynx were Introduced? – Guest post by Emily Folk”
My Day at the Royal Welsh
Today is the final day of the Royal Welsh Show. The Royal Welsh is one of the largest and best attended agricultural shows in the country. It runs for four days and is held at the Royal Welsh Showground at Builth Wells. Around 250,000 people flock to the area to celebrate Welsh rural life, foodContinueContinue reading “My Day at the Royal Welsh”
National Trust find their ‘£1 a year’ farmer
You may remember that, earlier this year, when Brexit still looked like a bizarre fantasy, the National Trust began an international search for a farmer to manage a 145 acre farm on the Great Orme near Llandudno in Wales. Famously, the rent offer was for just £1 a year. The Trust feared that the farmContinueContinue reading “National Trust find their ‘£1 a year’ farmer”
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