If you’re in the mood for a treat, why not give our Dutch apple cake recipe a go? Ingredients: 100g Butter 200g Caster Sugar 1 egg 1 1\2 tsp Vanilla Extract 190g Plain Flour 1 tbsp Baking Powder 175ml Milk…

Autumn into winter is a quiet time for school visits and residentials on the farm. Despite this, we are not stuck twiddling our thumbs. One of the groups we did have visit us recently was a local Air Cadets’ group.…

Fordhall is firmly part of the Good News Movement! In a time where many of us feel overwhelmed by all the distressing news in the world today, we want to make sure – more than ever – that the good…

We have been completely bowled over by the response we received within days of sending out our Silvopasture appeal. It is clearly a direction of travel that you care about as deeply as us, and this has made us very…

What is pasture-fed and why is it important? The organisation Pasture for Life, puts it simply: “Grazing animals on 100% pasture brings positive impacts for biodiversity and carbon, human health and wellbeing, and animal health and welfare”. Where is all…

Long time volunteer and shareholder Ruth King shares with us a recent stay in the yurts on the farm… Glamping. It conjures up a certain image, doesn’t it? Something remote and ‘off-grid’, perhaps with all the basics with a bit…

For National Pastry Day, why not try this tasty galette recipe? A favourite of chef Richard! Ingredients – serves 8 For the pastry 80g hazelnuts, roughly chopped 120g spelt flour 130g plain white flour, plus extra for dusting 130g cold butter, cubed 1 egg, beaten…

The season is certainly festive as we enter the final month of 2023. In fact, at Fordhall Farm, we recently hosted our first festive craft fayre with an array of local crafters, and Farm Shop Christmas orders are already growing…

What does the future of Fordhall look like? Following on from our member survey at the start of 2023, our Board have been busy reviewing Fordhall’s long-term strategy. We are keen to ensure that the work we do now contributes…

There are definite tell-tale signs winter is on its way to the farm – an early morning frost over the grass, and mist illuminated by the autumnal sunrises hanging over the fields. The livestock, however, seem to remain undeterred by…