Yes spring has sprung when new baby lambs can be seen around the farm and so far Ben is very happy with the way things are progressing. There have been no real problems and lots of twins have been appearing…
New lambs at Fordhall
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Fordhall Farm holds ANOTHER successful working weekend!
Yet again Fordhall has held a successful working weekend with people from as far afield as Somerset coming along and taking part. Lots got finished, including fences, gates and yurt cleaning! All volunteers left happy, with a sense of achievement…
Permaculture Design course at Fordhall
WOW! We have had a fantastic response from the BBC programme shown last friday called ‘Farm for the Future’ featuring Fordhall Farm. It was filmed as part of the Natural World series on BBC 2 and attracted over 2.2 million…
Fordhall Farm on the BBC
Fordhall Farm is featured as part of a BBC documentary this Friday on the future of Farming. With oil prices being so fluid and the vast majority of our farms being so dependant on it as a core resource, the…
Forest Fun over half term at Fordhall Farm
Wondering what to do with the children over half term? Well, wonder no more. Here at Fordhall Farm we are utilising our newly developed Forest School site for family use. From Mon to Fri next week we will be running…
Farm for the Future – Fordhall Farm on TV!
Farm for the Future – Friday 20th February BBC 2 8pm. Rebecca Hosking finds out how she can make her families wildlife friendly farm in Devon, a low energy farm for the future and discovers that nature holds the key.…
Snow at Fordhall Farm
Shropshire was hit by the snow quite heavily last night, but the life of a farmer goes on. We thought we would share some lovely pictures of Fordhall Farm in the snow, something that we haven’t seen for some years.…
New free range piglets at Fordhall
Perfectly timed with the airing of Jamie Oliver’s programe – “Jamie Saves our Bacon” promoting free range pork production – is the birth of 9 healthy Gloucester Old Spot pigs at Fordhall Farm in Shropshire. Pictured above with mum in…
Farmhouse Breakfast Week 2009
Next week is national Farmhouse Breakfast week 2009 which looks to increase awarenesss of the most important meal of the day – Breakfast! The campaign aims to encourages people nto start the day with a healthy nutritional breakfast as part…
The future of our Pork! – Pig Business
At Fordhall we pride ourselves on producing high quality meat to high standards, but this not the case for all pig producing farms, particularly outside the UK. In the coming weeks there will be alot of press around the varied…