Cancer from our Daily bread
Farmers are being advised to spray the chemical Roundup on their mature milling wheat to aid ripening and increase the final protein quality. Will…
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Oil week: Week 29 of BigBarn’s food and drink weeks
We are told so often not to eat oil because it is bad for you but in fact it isn’t. Rapeseed oil is an…
Read MoreChina building a 100,000 cow dairy unit to supply Russian market
China is building a 100,000 cow dairy unit to supply Russian market. In the UK pasture farmer sells his raw milk locally and makes…
Read MoreCan a supermarket become a ‘farm’ shop?
Some highly commercial farm shops have become more like supermarkets with a huge range of products from hundreds of suppliers. So, can a supermarket…
Read MoreTechnology to get cows in our fields again
I took this picture yesterday when I recognised the beautiful setting. I then spotted the sheep and realised that sheep farming contributed to the…
Read MoreChicken farming, is it right, or a necessity?
There are around 50 billion chickens in the world but…
Read MoreThe dangers of processed food. New Book from Joanna Blythman
Swallow This: Serving Up the Food Industry’s Darkest Secrets BigBarn hero, Joanna Blythman went undercover and gained unprecedented access to the food industry in writing…
Read MoreNew Free local food App Launched to help build your local food community
BigBarn has just unveiled a brand…
Read More6 double yolk eggs in one box, yummy coincidence or intensive farming?
We received an email this morning asking about double yolk eggs and what the chances were of getting 6 in one box! Here are the…
Read MoreGuest Blog: Growing your own Asparagus
This month we have the the definitive blog on Growing Asparagus. Asparagus is a high-yielding, early-season vegetable for home gardeners. It is grown as a…
Read MorePurple week: Week 9 of BigBarn’s food and drink weeks
Spring is finally here…almost. Just as we were all starting to get sick of winter root veg we can now start brightening things up…
Read MoreRhubarb week: Week 6 of BigBarn’s food and drink weeks
It is hard to believe that it is that time of year again. Rhubarb time! Yep, rhubarb season technically starts now and while it…
Read MoreAmazing survey results? Fresh or washed & bagged lettuce?
We thought our latest survey would be as one sided as previous ones and were very surprised with the almost 50/50 results. We asked: Would you…
Read MoreFarmhouse Breakfast week: Week 5 of BigBarn’s food and drink weeks
Having a British breakfast is not actually as hard as it seems. You can start with British eggs (free range always taste better) British…
Read MoreMonth 1 of BigBarn’s Grow your own blogs: Successful raspberry canes by Stephen Read
Welcome to the first of our new monthly blog about growing your own produce. Our friend Stephen Read from Reads nurseries is here to…
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