by Sara Gregson | May 24, 2021 | Farming & Food
A recent visit to Fobbing Farm, on the northern shore of the Thames Estuary at Tilbury, has uplifted my spirits. Young farmer George Young, returning home from a high-flying career in the City eight years ago, is bringing ideas, life and diversity back to a...
by Sara Gregson | Mar 5, 2021 | Farming & Food
I remember taking a phone call in the back of a black cab in London from a founder member of the Pasture-Fed Livestock Association (PFLA) about ten years ago. He was suggesting I take out the word ‘regenerative’ from a press release I had written – because no-one...
by Sara Gregson | Jan 15, 2021 | Farming & Food
I usually visit many farms each year – to talk to and write about inspiring and innovative grassland farmers. Not so in 2020. I popped down to Cornwall and Devon early in January to do an article on alternative forage crops, and in February met a Dorset dairy farmer...
by Sara Gregson | Feb 14, 2020 | Gardening & Environment
Sky Ocean Rescue (Sky’s campaign to improve ocean health), leading conservation organisation WWF and Swansea University, are undertaking the biggest seagrass restoration project in the UK. They aim to restore 20,000 square metres of the marine plant in west...
by Sara Gregson | Nov 29, 2019 | Farming & Food
I have always dreamt of herding cattle from horseback cowboy-style, across wide open spaces, through alpine pastures and along deep, salmon-red rocky canyons, and in and out of winding, rushing rivers. I loved the western TV series ‘The Virginian’, have ridden...