Another fantastic volunteer weekend is over and the farm continues to improve as everyone puts something back into it. As this was the first volunteer working weekend after reaching our initial target of securing the farm, there was a renewed…

Hi All, Here we are again asking for your valuable help. We are coming and meeting you whenever we get the opportunity, and we want to create the right impression. We are looking for some second hand display boards but…

Whilst we are all still working hard to catchup with the backlog the sun is beating down outside and the butterfiles are out in force. It is absolutly stunning here although the grass is crying out for some rain (but…

At last we can show you the fun that was had at Saturdays dinner and ceilidh dance. Tom Oliver, Head of Rural Policy from the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE), was our guest speaker (see below). We…

With the farm now secured we are starting to make plans for the future at Fordhall, as Charlotte pointed out earlier this week we have just purchased some new breeding Gloucester Old Spot pigs to join the herd on the…

Well, finally I think saving Fordhall has sunk in for us all. The celebration dinner on Saturday was a fantastic evening. We raised in excess of £4,000, but more importantly everyone enjoyed themselves. I think it was when I saw…

Now that we are here to stay, all the technical problems are coming out of the woodwork! We send our sincere apologies for all the unanswered emails and share enquires over the last week – our Internet connection was intermittent…

Exactly one week after we were able to secure Fordhall and I still dont think the news has sunk in, I know the workload certainly hasnt. We received so many share applications from you all in the final week and…

Well, what I can say. The last few weeks has been amazing and I still dont think it has sunk in for any of us. The last two weeks have been nothing short of a whirl wind. We have had…

Mis-quote in the GuardianI have had a couple of queries about the content in the article in yesterdays Guardian Newspaper that I would like to explain. John Vidal, wrote a fantastic article about our campaign and the next stages. It…