The Journal
We warmly welcome you to the home of our thoughts, our Journal. Within these pages you can explore, thought-provoking articles and passionate campaigns. Come on an adventure with us and meet the people behind your food and join us in our mission to reconnect with nature.
The Art of Slowing Down
October on the farm: apples in the store, mushrooms in the fields and why slowing down to eat with the season is one of the simplest ways to shape the...
The Art of Slowing Down
October on the farm: apples in the store, mushrooms in the fields and why slowing down to eat with the season is one of the simplest ways to shape the...
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How We Farm Our Christmas Turkeys
A special Christmas turkey begins life long before December. Ours are reared slowly, naturally and traditionally at Orchard Farm in Devon, ranging across grassy pasture and amongst established cider apple...
How We Farm Our Christmas Turkeys
A special Christmas turkey begins life long before December. Ours are reared slowly, naturally and traditionally at Orchard Farm in Devon, ranging across grassy pasture and amongst established cider apple...
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Is Your Meat Really What It Claims to Be?
There is a strange amount of trust involved in buying meat, possibly more so than almost any other staple. We pick up a packet of beef, pork or chicken and,...
Is Your Meat Really What It Claims to Be?
There is a strange amount of trust involved in buying meat, possibly more so than almost any other staple. We pick up a packet of beef, pork or chicken and,...
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What's the Difference Between Grass-Fed and 100...
If you are trying to buy better meat, grass-fed seems like a pretty good place to start. It conjures up exactly the image you would expect, cattle happily outside in fields, heads...
What's the Difference Between Grass-Fed and 100...
If you are trying to buy better meat, grass-fed seems like a pretty good place to start. It conjures up exactly the image you would expect, cattle happily outside in fields, heads...
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The Cheapest Food Is Often the Most Expensive
You can walk into a supermarket in Britain and buy a whole chicken for around £4. Less than the price of a paperback book. Just think about that for a...
The Cheapest Food Is Often the Most Expensive
You can walk into a supermarket in Britain and buy a whole chicken for around £4. Less than the price of a paperback book. Just think about that for a...
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Why We Started Again
Over the last couple of days, I had the privilege of speaking at the inaugural Groundswell Festival, alongside William Kendall, Sarah Dunning and Sheila Dillon. It was an inspiring couple...
Why We Started Again
Over the last couple of days, I had the privilege of speaking at the inaugural Groundswell Festival, alongside William Kendall, Sarah Dunning and Sheila Dillon. It was an inspiring couple...
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The Farming Year Begins at Spring: What the Equ...
If you spend any real time farming, properly farming, with your hands in the soil and your eye on the weather, you come to recognise that the year doesn’t begin...
The Farming Year Begins at Spring: What the Equ...
If you spend any real time farming, properly farming, with your hands in the soil and your eye on the weather, you come to recognise that the year doesn’t begin...
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Why Easter Lamb Isn't in Season - And What to E...
Each spring, as Easter approaches, lamb appears on menus and supermarket shelves across the country. It has become one of the most recognisable culinary symbols of the season — one...
Why Easter Lamb Isn't in Season - And What to E...
Each spring, as Easter approaches, lamb appears on menus and supermarket shelves across the country. It has become one of the most recognisable culinary symbols of the season — one...
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A Farmer First, a Storyteller Second
My Farming Hero: Beatrix PotterA Farmer First, a Storyteller SecondWhen we think of Beatrix Potter, most of us picture a blue-coated rabbit slipping under a garden gate. The world of...
A Farmer First, a Storyteller Second
My Farming Hero: Beatrix PotterA Farmer First, a Storyteller SecondWhen we think of Beatrix Potter, most of us picture a blue-coated rabbit slipping under a garden gate. The world of...
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What a Freezer Full of Grass Fed Meat Really Means
There is something strangely comforting about opening the door of the freezer and seeing orderly, organised abundance. Neat packets of meat lined up, batch cooked meals tubbed up and labelled,...
What a Freezer Full of Grass Fed Meat Really Means
There is something strangely comforting about opening the door of the freezer and seeing orderly, organised abundance. Neat packets of meat lined up, batch cooked meals tubbed up and labelled,...
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New Life, Shared Tables and Why Our Family Farm...
A pale wash of sunlight slips across the yard. The air smells faintly of damp earth as each day something new pushes up through it. Ewes call softly from the...
New Life, Shared Tables and Why Our Family Farm...
A pale wash of sunlight slips across the yard. The air smells faintly of damp earth as each day something new pushes up through it. Ewes call softly from the...
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