by Sara Gregson | Jun 8, 2015 | Gardening & Environment
Changing course because a business isn’t profitable, despite everyone working incredibly hard, seems to be a recurring theme in recent posts, and this one is no exception. But once again it is grazing and grassland that have come to the rescue! In the 1980’s and early...
by Sara Gregson | May 3, 2015 | Farming & Food
Keeping 880 cows on a grass-based system and milking them once a day, is far more enjoyable and makes more money, than having half the number of cows and milking them three, or even two times a day. So says Gavin Green – and he should know. He, with Lydney Park Estate...
by Sara Gregson | Apr 21, 2015 | Farming & Food
Imagine if all plants of the Gramineae (or Poaceae) family in the world turned brown, rotted and died, falling victim to a virus that scientists failed to curb. No wheat, barley, rice or maize, no grass for grazing so no cattle or sheep – just potatoes, vegetables and...
by Sara Gregson | Feb 26, 2015 | Gardening & Environment
Earlier this month I attended a Conservation Grazing conference in Worcestershire, hosted by Natural England, which challenged the concept of set stocking cattle in low numbers, on sensitive sites. This article first appeared in the spring issue of the British...
by Sara Gregson | Jan 13, 2015 | Farming & Food
I was excited to be invited to the UK debut screening of Steak [R]evolution in London last week. This follows the search of documentary film director Franck Ribière and famous French butcher Yves-Marie Le Bourdonnec, for the best steak in the world. Yves-Marie made...