Cured Meat Week: Week 48 of BigBarn Food & Drink Weeks
We have been curing meat to preserve it since the Stone Age either, drying, salting, smoking or even pickling. Bacon and ham are probably…
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Pork Week: Week 47 of BigBarn’s Food & Drink weeks
Please be careful when buying pork. They are the most intelligent animals in the farm yard and should be treated humanely. And not contain…
Read More8 reasons to spend more on a real, premium, turkey
We have a farm shop on our Christmas Turkey Map that offers premium free range Turkeys as well as a ‘standard’…
Read MoreSausage Week: Week 43 of BigBarn’s Food & Drink Weeks
The sausage has always been a classic British staple. It took a turn for the worst with Wall’s hot sausages in the 1970’s and…
Read MoreWhy a local free range turkey, or Goose, is best for Christmas
What better way is there to celebrate Christmas than get the family round the table for a big feast. A great feast needs a…
Read MoreShould we eat ponies, baby cows and rare breed livestock?
According to a feature on BBC Countryfile the answer is yes! (Watch again here.) We should eat Dartmoor Ponies to help sustain…
Read MoreNew BigBarn website shares income
The new, shared, BigBarn website launches this week with the same 17 year old mission; reconnect consumers with their local producers, direct, or through…
Read MoreWill better food knowledge improve health?
With the growing obesity crisis and ever increasing NHS budget will better food knowledge improve health? Or should we rely on sugar tax and…
Read MoreElderflowers: BigBarn’s seasonal foraged food & drink
Spring and summer are great times for foraging. When you live in a green and pleasant land like the UK everything suddenly changes in…
Read MoreThe UK desperately needs a Social, Local, Food Map
Political and economic uncertainty post the US, French and UK elections and running up to Brexit mean that our food industry could change dramatically…
Read MoreGuest Blog: Three Reasons Why We Should Shop Local
Thank you for this guest blog from Faith at ehealthinformer Shopping for groceries locally is a simple change that can bring big improvements…
Read MoreGluten Free Food; bad for you?
I am a big fan of Food Unwrapped the TV programme with Jimmy, Kate and Matt. Last night they included a piece on Gluten…
Read MoreWhy real food can make us happy
Basic human psychology tells us that Real food can make us really happy and we should pursue this happiness. Let me explain: The satisfaction of…
Read MoreWasted Cauliflowers another example of the need for change in the UK food industry
Thousands of cauliflowers were thrown away this week because there is a UK glut caused by supermarkets taking Spanish Caulis instead. This is a…
Read MoreThe tale of three farmers
This is a true to life story of three farmers I know who produce food. I say ‘Food’ because the majority of farmers…
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