In the Media
National Vegetarian Week 2018
It’s National Vegetarian Week and it’s something I like to celebrate by usually trying something new. The Vegetarian Society offer some great recipes to try if you’re looking for something new or for a bit of inspiration. I’ve been… Continue reading
Food, Farming and Social Inequality
Back in the news are the secret Brexit reports which have looked at the economic damage Brexit could cause the UK once we leave the EU. You would think that these reports would have been released before the vote… Continue reading
Is Dairy Scary?
A survey in The Grocer last week asked a pertinent question, in light of the vegan campaign against dairy in the UK, ‘Do Brits think Dairy is Scary? ‘
The Dairymen 2017, published by The Grocer commissioned exclusive… Continue reading
Cows don’t have a Voice but you have a Choice
Recently, Compassion in World Farming released a map of the UK showing a proliferation of factory farms in the UK. From their research, they’ve found that ‘factory farming has taken over UK food production’ with around 70% of farm animals… Continue reading
What does the Election mean for Food and Farming in the UK?
In the run up to the EU Referendum one topic that should have taken centre stage but seemed to be relegated to the understudy role was food and farming. A fact noticed by others including Professor Kevin Morgan of… Continue reading
ASDA is the first supermarket to stock free range milk with Pasture Promise logo
We want to say a big thank you to Jamie Oliver and Jimmy Doherty as Friday Night Feast has been a gift that keeps on giving. They took our story of Free Range Dairy Network to a much larger audience… Continue reading
Food fight – time for action
If you were one of the many people watching Jamie & Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast on Channel 4, last Friday, you would have seen the feature on free range milk and the Pasture Promise logo. We are so grateful to… Continue reading
Journey to the end of the pier
I’ve been lucky, very lucky. I have lived in some beautiful parts of the English countryside, worked with some inspiring people and had the privilege of enjoying a close relationship with nature all of my life. There are few jobs… Continue reading
Seeds Are Treasure
Global Justice Now have organised events across the UK with farmers from Bangladesh to talk about Monsanto. You might have heard about CETA and TTIP, both trade agreements which could see profits put before people but you might not… Continue reading
Meet the Free Range Cows in Yorkshire
The sun shone and the cows looked happy and content in the fields, if a little curious as we got the barn ready and fired up the tea urn.
At 11am people started arriving from all over Yorkshire and Lancashire… Continue reading
Changing attitudes to milk and dairy farming
The sight of 1,700 cows on one farm, as part of a feature on milk and dairy farming systems that I took part in, on last week’s BBC Countryfile caused an unprecedented reaction. Social media was alive with comment… Continue reading
Award finalists Stephenson’s Food & Dairy
We are delighted to hear that one of our pioneering partners, Stephenson’s Food & Dairy are finalists in this year’s Red Rose Awards. The Red Rose Awards is the event where Lancashire business, commerce and industry are celebrated.… Continue reading
Foodspeed leads the way in sustainable dairy for caterers
Mega dairies and mistakes – lets learn from the USA
In an article in the Independent (Nov 23rd 2015), about the rise of mega dairies advocates of industrial scale dairy farming suggested that the development of such facilities is essential to make milk production economically viable. However, this is… Continue reading
Working to make a difference in dairy
It was great to have the chance to explain more about the work Free Range Dairy is doing on BBC Farming Today (it starts about 10:34 into the programme) this morning. We are a Community Interest Company and we believe… Continue reading
The Isle of Free Range Milk
As you might have seen from a recent press release in Scotland myself and fellow Director Neil Darwent from Free Range Dairy Network where invited to meet with all the dairy farmers on the Island of Bute. It might only… Continue reading
On the right track
When I was getting a few jobs done on the farm early yesterday morning, before heading off for our Free Range Dairy meeting, I was heartened to hear BBC Radio 4 discussing opportunities to engage consumers and secure a fair… Continue reading
A race to the bottom
Why are Britain’s supermarkets in a race to bottom right now and what will they find when they get there?
I heard on the Today Programme this morning that Sainsbury’s are setting up a joint venture with Danish retailer… Continue reading
Getting more from grass
Thanks to Dr George Fisher for a really interesting article in the excellent June issue of British Dairying magazine.
Dr Fisher explains “We don’t tend to think of grazed grass in the same way as other feeds like silage or… Continue reading
SOS – Save Our Soils
“The farming lobby has wrecked efforts to defend our soil”. That was the title of a blog posted on The Guardian website by George Monbiot, last Thursday.
The blog was referring to the National Farmers Union’s successful efforts to prevent… Continue reading
