by Sara Gregson | Mar 27, 2017 | Farming & Food
With Pasture Promise milk now selling in 109 Asda stores and Waitrose milk being promoted heavily in their weekly newspaper – it looks like consumers are starting to care how cows spend their days. With Jamie Oliver and Jimmy Doherty shouting their cause, it is no...
by Sara Gregson | Sep 5, 2016 | Farming & Food
A Touch of Grass is the somewhat weighty, but fascinating account of Alan Kyle’s life. A pioneering farmer born in 1937 in Northern Ireland, he has drawn the words from diaries he wrote from 1952 until retirement in 1999, and includes hundreds of photos of the farms,...
by Sara Gregson | Nov 30, 2011 | Farming & Food
Three cheers for milk producer Neil Darwent for setting up Free Range Dairy to promote the value of pasture-based milk production in the UK. His objectives are to: Create a truly sustainable dairy industry Demonstrate that good welfare and profitability go hand in...