It was difficult deciding how to record Arthur Hollins’ journey from 13 year old farmer in 1928, who, with his mother produced cream cheese from their herd of commercial Dairy Shorthorns, on a farm where the fertility of the soil…
WOW – I have been invited by Social Enterprise UK,as a representative of the rural social economy, o sit on a panel discussing the future of Britain’s Social Economy at the National Conservative Party Conference on Tuesday 30thSeptember in Birmingham.…
I’d been checking the weather forecast all week and worrying about the imminent rain that was supposed to be appearing between 10am-4pm on Sunday 6th July – which just so happened to be the exact moment that our Summer Fair…
Our Youth Worker, Mike Price has been working at Fordhall since September 2012… …although he has been an avid volunteer since 2004. Mike is there, 4th from the left (Feb 2005) The Project Mike has been working weekly with small…
Hi, I’m Owen. I started at Fordhall farm in late November as part of a work experience program set up by the Jobcentre. It was originally just a way to gain some experience in an office role. But once the…
Volunteer Naomi The day started very early for some, and the couple that had the least distance to travel (just up from the yurts) were the last to arrive… not mentioning any names! We had a quick brief from Paul…
I was recently invited to speak to Ministers at Westminster in London about Fordhall’s successful community ownership scheme. It was a scary but exhilarating day and great to see Fordhall having such a prominent platform. The All Parliamentary Group for…
What a jam packed weekend we’ve just had! The Landlord’s Lunch and AGM on Saturday was well attended with over 50 shareholders who were treated to a humorous report of the past 12 months by the chairman of the board,…
Thanks to Intuit UK (the company who makes our accounting programme) who are offering small businesses throughout the UK a chance to win up to £10,000, we started to delve into the Fordhall Volunteer Photo Archives. We came across some…
On Wednesday 12th March, we were honoured to have HRH The Duke of Gloucester visit Fordhall Farm. We felt very much like ducks…under water (or behind the scenes) it was hectic planning and rushing about, but above water (or to…