Fordhall Farm is at the BBC Good Food Show today and until Sunday. Charlotte and Yvonne will be working hard everyday to speak to as many people as possible. Buy shares, buy ‘The Fight for Fordhall Farm’ book, buy Bens…
Last Friday Fordhall took part in the Market Drayton Festival of Lights. This successful event had 53 stalls and 200 school children in a candlelit procession. Ben sold out of his sausages quickly due to high demand and Charlotte and…
Today we had a visit from two interesting siters, Lucy and Emma. They are travelling the country in a country cottage (campavan)- have you ever heard of a cottage travelling the British Countryside before? I know I haven’t – promoting…
Check out this months issue of ‘The Field’ magazine. The second page is a full page interview with Charlotte and Ben about their award – ‘Young Rural Entrepreneur of the Year’ sponsored by The Field and Lycetts Insurance Brokers. http://www.fordhallfarm.com
Over the last few weeks Ben and I (Charlotte) have been trialling wellingtons for a review in BBC Countryfile Magazine. We each had 7 pairs ranging from the traditional green, to whacky pink, and some even had dogs on! Although…
Fordhall Community Land Initiative was founded by 8500 members all buying shares for the community farm buy out. This made history; Can we help create another such miracle? Well, Martin Large a FCLI member who with Greg Pilley helped get…
Preparing the weekend ahead…This working weekend was particularly special as it was Sophies last volunteer weekend and a chance to see many returing friends. Don’t forget to put the ceilidh in yor diary – Friday December 7th, 7.30pm at The…
Look at all the happy smiley faces of volunteers! The weekend was well attended and lots of jobs were ticked off making a huge difference to the appearance of Fordhall Farm and really getting to grips with some outstanding jobs.…
Work continued with the new farm building. Concrete was laid down and a team of guys worked very well together to move the project on at speed. All fuelled on by cake and delicious food created by the wonderful and…
One of the main tasks for Saturday was planting daffodil bulbs down the driveway. A productive team of keen volunteers took the task in hand and finished the job beautifully whilst others concentrated on removing nettles from hedgerows. http://www.fordhallfarm.com
