Will Food mechanisation mean less taste and more plastic
More and more industries are using machines to reduce labour cost and increase productivity. Food & farming has followed but often resulting in loss…
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We’re berry excited! We’re celebrating all berries this week at Big Barn.
No the summer is in full swing, even if the weather isn’t playing ball, now is a brilliant time of year to enjoy one…
Read MoreMore cancer with obesity, and Boris
Two worrying bits of news today for the NHS and tax payers; 1. Obesity is on the increase and causes more cancers than smoking….
Read MoreNew National Food Strategy
Over the next year Mr Gove & the government have committed to producing a new National Food Strategy that will be the first since the…
Read MoreSmallholders Handbook Part 4
Here is our forth instalment about joining the Good Life and living off the land with a sustainable smallholding. At BigBarn we would love to…
Read MoreWhat to do in your veg patch in July
Here is a great resource to help you grow great fruit and veg at home from our friends at Garden Organic. Like BigBarn Garden…
Read MoreWill the younger generation fix our waste, recycling & food problems?
It was really interesting to see that news about the amount of packaging that cannot be recycled directed at kids on
Read MoreHere’s the dill – we’re celebrating herbs this week at Big Barn!
They say it’s all the in the details and herbs can be the difference between a good meal and a great meal! Aside from…
Read MoreIt’s Salad Week at Big Barn
Now we’re firmly in summer, salad season is here and we know a lot of you are enjoying your healthy home grown leaves from…
Read MoreIt’s strawberry week at Big Barn!
With all the wet weather around it’s hard to believe that summer is really here! Even if this weather isn’t overly convincing, you know…
Read MoreWill African Swine Flu increase UK meat prices ?
Many millions of pigs are being culled in Asia as African Swine Flu continues to spread uncontrolled. With loss of supply, and growing Chinese…
Read MoreIt’s Open Farm Week!
Have a hunt for a farm to visit this Sunday, the 9th June, and make the most of Open Farm Sunday! It’s the perfect…
Read MoreWill learning to cook improve health?
If everyone knew how to cook would we all become more healthy and help reduce NHS, and taxpayer, costs? Let me explain: I have just…
Read MoreIt’s as gouda as it gets! It’s cheese week at Big Barn
If you get your local milk from the milkman, local farm shop or even the supermarket, then you might have noticed them heavily promoting…
Read MoreWhat should we do about ultra-processed food?
Consumption of ultra processed food is increasing, and has been linked to early death and vast cost to the NHS. And UK taxpayer. As…
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