Should every community have a dairy?
Sounds Mad? Every rural community used to have a dairy like this traditional farmer on BBC’s Secret Life of Farm Animals…
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Start the day, the Big Barn way
Having a British breakfast is not actually as hard as it seems. You can start with some delicious home-grown British eggs (free range always…
Read MoreThe next Big Idea
The government and media are calling for the next BIG IDEA Is this a new technology? A way of life? Science? Social network? Do…
Read MoreAnnoyed by vegans?
Anyone find vegans annoying following recent media coverage like: “Vegan’s say cows are being raped to produce milk!” Or is it just the media…
Read MoreWe support VEGPOWER
VEGPOWER is all about getting kids to grow, cook and eat much more vegetables. As this matches our petition to get…
Read MoreWe must change the economics of the food industry or face disaster.
Further to listening to the famous economist Mariana Mazzucato on Desert Island discs yesterday I realised why the food industry is…
Read MoreWhy Food Growing on the School Curriculum is a ‘No Brainer’
I was interviewed on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire on Monday about our petition to get Food Growing, Cooking & Nutrition on the Curriculum. At the…
Read MoreChristmas Present Ideas and Goodies From BigBarn
Christmas is getting close and loved ones need lovely presents. This can be very difficult so we have put together lots of ideas for…
Read MoreUpdate on our Petition to get Food Growing, Cooking and Nutrition on the School Curriculum
If you care about tax and the health of the next generation please sign and forward our petition “Get Food Growing,…
Read MorePetition for Food, Growing, Cooking & Nutrition in the Curriculum
HUGE PROBLEM: 20%, (and rising), of NHS budget is now spent…
Read MoreShould there be a tax on Red Meat?
Interesting article on the BBC website today. Should there be a Tax on red meat? BigBarn’s view: Yes in principle, but a…
Read MoreGame week: Week 44 of BigBarn’s food and drink weeks
Delicious game is the most understated meat. Often easy to find in your local pub during the winter months but very expensive in the…
Read MoreHow can we stop ourselves buying and eating cheap unhealthy food?
We taxpayers are paying the NHS billions on food related illness. Sugar tax has changed our buying habits a little, to really make a…
Read MorePumpkin and Squash week: Week 42 of BigBarn’s food and drink weeks
It is that time of year again when we start to see bright orange blobs lining our fields and filling the shops. Pumpkins are becoming…
Read MoreSeafood week: Week 41 of BigBarn’s food and drink weeks
From the fishermen who catch the fish, fish mongers who sell their produce, to the chefs who create excellent creations for you, seafood is…
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