We are new to farming. We may not even be qualified to call ourselves ‘farmers’ yet. Indeed, what is a farmer? Or are we smallholders? It is said there are two ways into farming: be born into it or marry into it. Aspiring farmers who don’t meet that description need to find a more circuitous […]
The food sector in the UK has become increasingly concentrated, with complex supply chains servicing supermarkets, retailers and food outlets. This has severed our relationship with where our food comes from. Even if we read the label, it may not tell the whole story. For instance, some supermarkets centralise all their meat processing, so farmers […]