Articles

August 3rd, 2017
Sam Leach & Mary Holbrook – Rooting For Real Farms

Mary Holbrook’s battered white van drew up outside Sam Leach’s Birch Restaurant in Bristol to deliver a half British Lop… Read More

July 27th, 2017
James Golding & Alan Bartlett – Rooting For Real Farms

James Golding, Chef Director at The Pig Hotel chain, believes that for taste and texture in the meat pigs must… Read More

July 19th, 2017
Amelia Freer & Helen Browning – Rooting For Real Farms

When you look at Helen Browning’s British Saddleback pigs rooting for worms and grubs in the organic fields and wallowing… Read More

July 12th, 2017
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall & Peter Greig – Rooting For Real Farms

‘I want to eat pork from pigs that have been reared outdoors, free to enjoy the rooting, snuffling and social… Read More

July 5th, 2017
Jemima Jones, Lucy Carr-Ellison & Ben Goldsmith – Rooting For Real Farms

Of all the rare pig breeds, Tamworths are the most closely related to the Forest Pig that roamed  through the… Read More

June 26th, 2017
Mark Hix & Peter Gott – Rooting For Real Farms

Mark Hix’s quest for traditional British farm produce led him to Peter Gott’s stall in Borough Market where he was… Read More

June 21st, 2017
Damian Clisby & Harry Boglione – Rooting For Real Farms

Harry Boglione, who supplies his parents’ restaurant Petersham Nurseries with organic meat and vegetables from his farm in Dorset, told… Read More

April 21st, 2017
Is the BBC promoting factory farming?

Is the BBC promoting factory farming? BBC Countryfile recently ran a very important story about the rise of antibiotic resistant… Read More

December 12th, 2016
Farmdrop – The Proper Way To Shop

Farmdrop – The proper way to shop We have partnered with Farmdrop to run a Facebook competition where you can… Read More

November 25th, 2016
Towards Greener Pastures: Farming after Brexit

Towards Greener Pastures: Farming after Brexit Whether you voted for Brexit or not, this is the moment to begin reshaping… Read More

November 21st, 2016
Guest Blog – Buying Meat: The Questions to Ask Yourself, by Amelia Freer

We each approach life with a vastly different set of ideas, beliefs, concerns and expectations which guide our decisions. Respecting… Read More

September 6th, 2016
Antibiotic resistant superbugs found in factory farmed pork

After decades of pumping antibiotics into livestock to compensate for inhumane and disease-inducing conditions, bacteria are now fighting back. A… Read More