As a family we have successfully reached the end of our two week isolation period. When the initial stress and struggles of remaining within our own four walls had sunk in, I actually think we found many positives during the…
This is one of my favourite views at Fordhall. It is the view I have when lying down in the garden of the farmhouse looking up at the beautiful beech tree. I have spent many summers doing this as a…
It was very windy and the hail stones were driving heavily across the garden but it didn’t put us off! The Wednesday Group, which is a care farming initiative at Fordhall, was keen to get outside and get on with the…
After a very long wait from the grant body for the Renovation of the Old Dairy, Advantage West Midlands, we were put forward to their approval panel today and approved! Whoop whoop 🙂 The last few weeks and months have involved…
As many of you will be aware, there is a current ‘static’ period in the agricultural industry. Whilst farmers can no longer move their cattle around, they cannot supply their farm shops and other outlets with the necessary products. The…
Just Confirmed…… After the article’s in the Sunday Times and Saturday Mail over the weekend, the office has once again gone crazy as interest in the Fordhall Community Land Initiative gains momentum. You can read the Sunday Times article by…
As you may be aware, Charlotte and Ben have written a book entitled ‘The Fight for Fordhall Farm’ due to be released on July 12th by Hodder and Stoughton. This book began as an update to their late fathers (Arthur…
I attended the recent Soil Association Conference in Cardiff. As ever, it was an interesting mix of people coming together to, on this occasion, hear about ‘Peak Oil’. The Peak Oil topic is not a new one, but it has…
The BBC announced the winner of their ‘Midlander of the Year’ award only moments ago. Charlotte and Ben came a close second to Otto Putland, a young swimmer raising money for a teenage cancer unit in Birmingham, who got only…
Charlotte and Ben have been nominated by BBC Midlands Today for the“Midlander of the Year” Award. You can see the piece shown on BBC Midlands TV by following this link and clicking on Charlotte and Ben on the right hand…
