Guest Contribution
It’s Almost Christmas Again
By Jenni Hobbs, The Hobbs family at Barhouse Farm.
I am sure time flies by quicker every year! 2018 has sped past, so much happens on our dairy farm that you never get bored. … Continue reading
Land of Milk & Honey
By Rob, Free Range Dairy Farmer.
A couple of years ago, around the time we became Pasture Promise accredited, the farm became a host for 20 honey beehives in return for a free supply of honey. They are… Continue reading
A year on a Pasture Promise Farm
By Jenni Hobbs, The Hobbs family at Barhouse Farm.
Last year when I wrote my Christmas blog looking back over the year, it was at a turbulent time. Neighbours who had been dairy farmers for many years,… Continue reading
Day 5 of 5 by Annie Bell
By Annie Bell, author of The Modern Dairy (Kyle Books). She also works with dairy producers helping them promote the quality of their products through Annie Bell Nutrition Continue reading
My Passion for Dairy
By Annie Bell, author of The Modern Dairy (Kyle Books). She also works with dairy producers helping them promote the quality of their products Continue reading
Extinction and Livestock
By Philip Lymbery, Chief Executive Officer of Compassion in World Farming
Philip Lymbery is chief executive of leading international farm animal welfare organisation, Compassion in World Farming, and Visiting Professor at the University of Winchester.
He played leading roles… Continue reading
Cows like to be outside
By Helen Lambert, an animal welfare scientist who is globally renowned for her expertise on animal sentience and her research into measuring cattle emotions. Helen works as a free-lance consultant to support charities, industry and universities with insight and… Continue reading
Pasture Promise in Practice
By Robert Newton, a Free Range Dairy Farmer.
We were very excited in January 2016 when Cotteswold Dairy, our milk buyer for nearly 20 years, confirmed that they were to start selling Pasture Promise Free Range milk. … Continue reading
A Year on a Free Range Dairy Farm
By Jenni Hobbs, The Hobbs family at Barhouse Farm.
I can’t believe its December, the year has flown by as it usually does, but this has been an unexpected year with many changes good and bad.
The year started… Continue reading
One more dairy farmer friend lost to the crisis
By Jenni Hobbs, The Hobbs family at Barhouse Farm.
I am writing this blog sat beside my husband Jerry on a stack of bales watching and bidding at a friend’s dispersal sale. A… Continue reading
The corporate takeover of food and farming
By Prof John Ikerd, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural & Applied Economics University of Missouri, Columbia College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and well respected and published author on ‘factory farming’ in the USA.
Please support the crowd fund… Continue reading
Your dairy farmer needs you!
By Jenni Hobbs, The Hobbs family at Barhouse Farm.
Today was one of those days that you just think ‘why do we bother’. After a great day with Free Range Dairy discussing plans to celebrate Spring Turnout (where the… Continue reading
The Hospital Club – where Ethics and Flavour meet
Duncan Cruickshanks is one of the leading chefs bringing Free Range Dairy Pasture Promise to his clientele in London. He’s been Exec/Head Chef at The Hospital Club, which has a three-star rating from the Sustainability Restaurant… Continue reading
The difference Fairtrade makes, and how you can be a part of it
By Emma Van Der Merwe, Media and PR Manager for Fairtrade Foundation.
In response to the on-going dairy farmers’ protests, Fairtrade Foundation’s Director of Policy and… Continue reading
