On Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th February we had our first volunteer weekend of 2016. Our intrepid volunteers braved gale force winds and lashing rain to build a pond dipping platform. The platform will eventually be used by school parties…

Every Tuesday at Fordhall Farm is our ‘Parent and Toddlers’ Group. In our secure and beautiful classroom there are various toys and activities to keep your children entertained, to learn about new sights, sounds and textures and to explore the…

Join us on our Get Mucky Weekend. We will be building a pond dipping platform from recycled plastic and completing work on our educational roundhouse, plus fencing a ditch to protect it from erosion, tree protection and other conservation work…

Yesterday (Wednesday 16th December) our ‘Wednesday group’ who is part of our Care Farming initiative held their Christmas celebration. Taking part in our celebrations were lots of invited guests including the Market Drayton Wayfarers, Celia’s mother and father and many…

Winter is always a special time here at Fordhall farm. Everybody is very busy getting things ready for those colder months. Our Foggage farming system means our cattle and sheep live outdoors throughout the year, making them completely grass fed.…

Arthur Hollins’ mother Lilian used to make cream cheese and Cheshire Cheese at Fordhall farm; she sold her cheeses at local markets. This was common practise on Shropshire farms up to 1939 when wartime restrictions started. The making and selling…

Mary Cowen a niece of May Hollins, Arthurs first wife, explained,  “I used to go to Fordhall for my holidays. I loved it there, I learnt how to hand milk the shorthorn cows and how to stook corn and various…

Fordhall Organic Farm, based in North Shropshire, England has been chemical free for over 65 years. According to Arthur Hollins, “My grandfather farmed the traditional mixed farming four course system on the 150 acres here at Fordhall, carrying 35 shorthorns,…

Rob Park volunteer support, with Jason Wright Volunteer Earlier this summer, Becca asked Jason and I if we could repaint the shed that she uses for storing various items as it was in need of a facelift. Becca went and…

Here at Fordhall we operate a system of outdoor grazing called ‘Foggage Farming’. This means that our cattle and sheep live outdoors throughout the year, making them completely grass fed. It is a permaculture based system developed by the late…