Articles

February 5th, 2021
Food Sovereignty vs Globalisation

?? #RootingForRealFarms The latest in our #RootingForRealFarmers series, Vic Jenkins from Thatched House Farm in the Norfolk Broads says, “There’s… Read More

February 4th, 2021
Farm Case Study 28: Thatched House Farm, Norfolk

?‍? Farmer Vic Jenkins from Thatched House Farm in the Norfolk Broads says, “There’s a growing movement that people want… Read More

January 29th, 2021
Agri-business vs Small Farmers and their Animals

? A Pig’s Life – Farrowing Crates In factory farms, while feeding their piglets, mother pigs are crushed into steel… Read More

January 28th, 2021
Ching He Huang says #TurnYourNoseUp at Factory Farming

TV chef and food writer Ching He Huang MBE, says #TurnYourNoseUp at factory farming. Her food ethos is to use… Read More

January 21st, 2021
Peak Meat, Peak Tory Sabotage

? A Pig’s Life; Part Two This week’s instalment of A Pig’s Life – a series of oil paintings and… Read More

January 21st, 2021
Farm Case Study 27: Jolly Oinks, Worcestershire

?‍? Max Tailby, owner of Jolly Oinks tells us about his rare breed Berkshire pigs, about surviving lockdown and about… Read More

January 14th, 2021
Agri-industry Vs. Agro-ecology

? A Pigs Life! Today we launch the first in a 6-part series portraying the life of pigs. We will… Read More

January 7th, 2021
A Time for Enlightenment

? Oxford Real Farming Conference – 7 days of online inspiration The Oxford Real Farming Conference started today (with the… Read More

December 18th, 2020
Real Farmers Need Protection

? Massive protests in India On the outskirts of Delhi, hundreds of thousands of farmers have been blocking many of… Read More

December 17th, 2020
Farm Case Study 26: Tania Beagley-Brown, Somerset

?‍? Tanya tells us that commercial pigs “aren’t a patch on her traditional rare breed Oxford Sandy & Blacks”. All… Read More

December 11th, 2020
Treat the root causes of a broken farming system, not the symptoms

⚠️ New Tory amendment could strip the Trade and Agriculture Commission of more power A newly proposed amendment to the… Read More

December 4th, 2020
Implications of Global Trade

? Hurrah! What joy to hear about England and Wales imminent plans to ban the export of live animals for… Read More