by Sara Gregson | Jun 3, 2017 | Gardening & Environment
I just happened to be in Herefordshire the weekend garden writer Dr Noel Kingsbury and Jo Elliot opened their garden and grass meadows for the National Garden Scheme, and what an unexpected delight it was! The garden explores the borders between the wild and the...
by Sara Gregson | Jun 21, 2016 | Farming & Food
Last week I went on a grass identification course run by the National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS). This is a habitat-based plant monitoring scheme designed by the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI), the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), Plantlife...
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 | 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...
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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...
