We’re celebrating bread week at BigBarn!
Covid and Lockdown has caused a huge increase in home Bread making. And hardly surprising when the supermarket stuff often has nasty additives and…
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Building your local food community to fix the food Industry
Would you like to to see a thriving local food community where you live? A food community that allows you to: – buy better, fresher, sustainably…
Read MoreVeganuary or Regenuary?
Is rejecting all animal products the best way to save the planet and our UK food security? Or is it better to regenerate our…
Read MoreHow to combat empty supermarket shelves
Forget the whinge about empty shelves and panic buying, let’s talk about what to do in these crazy times. What we need now is an…
Read MoreNew Covid Variant and the next disease?
With news of a new Covid Variant, and our previous blog about all human viral diseases being linked to animals,…
Read MoreCelebrations after Covid or the next disease???
When will this Covid19 Lockdown/restrictions end? We are all asking. Perhaps never? Will our stadiums, restaurants and pubs ever be full again? Experts say that…
Read MoreLocalism & more reasons to say NO to the US trade deal
I was asked to speak about Food and Farming in relation to the US Trade Deal at a ‘Global Justice Now’ demonstration in Cambridge….
Read More5 reasons why the government should reject USA low-standard food imports
As Brexit looms the government are arguing over a trade deal with the USA. In particular foods that are produced at much lower standards…
Read MoreThe original superfood – it’s Potato Week at Big Barn
We consume millions of them every single year. They’re inexpensive, free from fat (when we pluck them from the ground at least) and they’re…
Read MoreThe weather’s turned and now it’s time for Roast Week
You can’t help but notice that the seasons are changing at the moment. The glorious spring and summer have given way to the rain…
Read MoreIt’s British Food Fortnight – here’s why you should choose local!
We’ve slap bang in the middle of the British Food Fortnight. We’re extremely lucky here – we have thousands of brilliant local producers and,…
Read MoreHealthy, delicious and adds a splash of colour! We’re celebrating beetroot.
It tends to go under the radar a little bit, but there’s a wonderful purple vegetable which has all of the characteristics to thrive…
Read MoreWe’re celebrating all things milk this week!
It was only a few years ago that we were talking constantly about milk crises. Dairy farmers were, and some still are, fighting for…
Read MoreThey’re here to remind you autumn’s on the way – it’s pumpkin & squash week!
It’s now that time where we get to enjoy lots of bright orange blobs lighting up the UK’s countryside. They’re small rays of brightness…
Read MoreAre great things happening on a farm near you?
It looks like the government’s ‘cheap food at any cost’ policy will not change, (despite the National Food Strategy), and we may follow the…
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