Get planting! It’s tomato week at Big Barn!
The time is here! It’s time to plant your tomatoes! We all know that they’re the ingredient of the summer. They bring together all of…
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Like climate change is food waste, and health, an emergency?
Latest news about Heart disease deaths in under 75’s going up for the first time in 50 years and the government appointing a ‘Food…
Read MoreWe can’t bee-lieve it! It’s honey week at Big Barn
Although the temperatures are dropping just in time for the bank holiday weekend, we expect a few of you have had some lovely yellow…
Read MoreIt’s Asparagus week! Here’s why it’s the king of locally grown fresh produce
The king of locally grown, and fresh produce, is asparagus. As a country we don’t export a single spear of asparagus, so it must…
Read MoreWhat to do in your organic veg patch in May
Do you grow organically, or want to try? Here is a great resource to help you grow great fruit and veg at home from…
Read MoreHow to save £40M/year of tax payers money
Did you know that £40m per year is spent on every state school child between 4 and 6 having a free piece of fruit,…
Read MoreSmallholders’ Handbook part 2
Here is our second instalment about joining the Good Life and living off the land with a sustainable smallholding. At BigBarn we would love to…
Read MoreCheers! It’s Beer Week at Big Barn
It is brilliant to see and hear about so many local, craft breweries opening across our isles and, more importantly, being received with absolute…
Read MoreWhat to do in your organic veg patch in April
Do you grow organically? Here is a great resource to help you grow great fruit and veg at home from our friends at…
Read MoreGrow You Own Week: Week 13 of BigBarn’s Food & Drink weeks
If you’ve been thinking about growing your own this year, then now is the perfect time to get started. Getting our hands dirty in…
Read MoreSmallholders’ Handbook part 1
Ever thought about the Good Life and living off the land? The spiritual well being of growing and selling food to local people? At BigBarn…
Read MoreBritish Pie Week: Week 10 of BigBarn’s food and drink weeks
IT’S TIME FOR THE PIES TO SHINE! In Britain we just love them! Whether it’s filled with meats, vegetables or something sweet, we just…
Read MoreKimchi Fermented Vegetables (Local Food Business Idea 1)
BigBarn is all about building Local Food Communities that are self sufficient, caring and inclusive. For more on this please read our
Read MoreIt’s Pancake Week
Shrove Tuesday is a few weeks later this year than last and while their are a lot of religious connotations for a significant portion…
Read MoreThe Plastics Problem – One Year On
Last year, we wrote that we’d “given up take-away coffee since I realised that the cups can’t be recycled, and now that we…
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