Farmer Ben has started a new venture this summer at Fordhall Farm, with a new van and Hog Roast machine. He started off hiring a machine and with one of our Gloucester Old Spot pigs he would attend events, weddings…

Fordhall Farm recently played host to a team from the Barclays IT department at Knutsford as part of national Make A Difference Day. Make a Difference Day is the UK’s biggest annual day of volunteering each October with hundreds of…

Here at Fordhall Farm, we have taken part in the ‘Dare to Wear Pink’ day which is raising money for cancer research – a really worthy charity. So Charlotte and myself….plus lots of volunteers.. have dressed up in pink today…

Just a few minutes ago Fordhall saw its first snow fall of the winter and we all got very excited! Winter is the time the farm and nature takes to rest ready for the busy, productive summer months. Although as…

Last weekend saw Fordhall Farm host it’s first ever Singles weekend in association with muddymatches.co.uk It was a real success with people travelling from all over the country to get stuck into some outdoor work here at Fordhall. Lots of…

We need strapping men, please, to come and help out at our Fordhall Farm Singles Volunteer Weekend at the farm on Saturday 18th – Sunday 19th October (Although people can arrive on Friday night.)We’ve already got lots of women travelling…

Its that time of the year again. The amazing Ludlow Food Festival rocks Shropshire. Ben has been spending all week preparing with the help of Helana and ‘courier’ Dave. Today Farmer Ben (Hollins) is off to prepare the stall and…

The Fordhall Community Land Initiative has partnered up with Market Drayton Taste of the Town Company to organise some childrens activity days over the summer. We want to get more children and families out into the countryside through the holidays,…

Fordhall has been awarded a grant from the V project in order to enable us to encourage and recruit more younger volunteers onto the farm. So a massive thank you must go to the V project. I am very exited…

After wandering if the Summer weather was ever going to come, we have finally had chance to cut and make hay. Ben rents some land at Whitchurch from Shropshire Wildlife Trust (melverley Meadows). They are protected, traditional organic hay meadows…