

Wild About Wiltshire
On the 14th January I was the guest of Sue Kinnear on BBC Radio Wiltshire's Wild About Wiltshire programme. It was great to follow in...

All beef tarred with the same brush?
Scrutiny of the worlds meat production, and particularly its effect on the environment and carbon are all over the TV at the moment. ...


DEFRA in 100 objects
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is picking 100 objects which can tell the story of the department, its people and...


Sun, Rain and Snow
Over the last month we have had a really wide range of weather and autumn has definitely changed into winter. The hedgerow trees (of...


Foraging on the farm
Over the last 3 weeks it's been wet and mild. Perfect weather for fungi, and not bad for the last of the berries and crab apples. We are...


First Prize!
The Pasture Fed Livestock Association had their first ever show and sale at Ross on Wye in September and we took along a couple of...


Beef offal
We're keen to use the whole animal so have always made a full range of offal available to customers. Beef offal is a world of texture,...

Stop the car - its a Marsh Harrier!
Yes this is how it happened. I had just driven over Waterhay Bridge towards Ashton Keynes where out of the corner of my eye I spotted a...


Swifts
Swifts - in my mind the most interesting member of the Hirundines (swallows, sifts, martins). We are lucky in that all 4 British speices...


Butchery now on farm
We have been using local butchers to cut and pack our beef, however we have now got approval from our Environmental Health Officer to...