How to test your local chef/restaurant?
Ever traded your home grown veg for a meal at your local pub/restaurant? I have a big crop of Beetroot, courgettes and squash in my…
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Smallholders Handbook Part 7
Here is our seventh instalment about joining the Food Industry and living off the land with a sustainable smallholding. At BigBarn we would love to…
Read MoreWhat to do in your organic veg patch in October
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 MoreWe grow enough of them to build lane motorway around the world 6 times! It’s potato week at Big Barn.
They’re inexpensive, fat free (when they come out of the ground) and they’re full on nutrients and vitamins. They’re versatile, easy to flavour and…
Read MoreIt’s time to celebrate some berry tasty preserves! It’s Jam (and chutney) week at Big Barn.
While the summer may be disappearing and the days already starting to feel shorter, it’s not the end of the British bounty just yet!…
Read MoreWhat to do in your organic veg patch in September
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 MoreSmallholders Handbook part 6
Here is our sixth instalment about joining the Good Life and living off the land with a sustainable smallholding. At BigBarn we would love to…
Read More‘Major mistake to compare cows to cars’
My last blog was criticised for calling Goldsmiths University ignorant and irresponsible for banning beef in their campus food outlets. To back up…
Read MoreWhat a cowincidence – it’s Diary week here at Big Barn
Not only are dairy produce one of our key food groups, but the foods produced by the dairy industry are so varied and so…
Read MoreUniversity banning beef is mad and irresponsible
Last week the Guardian reported that a university has banned the sale of beef in campus food outlets to help…
Read MoreWhat to do in your veg patch in August
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 MoreSmallholders Handbook Part 5
Here is our fifth instalment about joining the Good Life and living off the land with a sustainable smallholding. At BigBarn we would love to…
Read MoreMassive Change in Mindset for Food & Farming
I heard the great Sir Don Curry ask the panel at the launch of the RSA’s recent Food & Farming…
Read MoreTime for treats! It’s cake, bun and biscuit week at Big Barn.
Normally we’re here talking about all things which are fresh and natural and completely unprocessed, but a balanced diet with sweet treats in moderation…
Read MoreWill 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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