Updates

  • …What a successful weekend!

    Fordhall hosted yet another great weekend this weekend. Not only was it the weekend of our third ever AGM but we also held a very successful Farmers’ Market on the Sunday at the farm and guess what…the weather was great.…

  • Fordhall Farmers’ Market on Sunday – See you there!

    Here at Fordhall Farm we are getting very excited about our Farmers’ Market on Sunday as we have some fantastic local produce on offer. Plus the weather is getting a lot warmer and if it continues like this we are…

  • Fordhall Farm on the BBC

    FANTASTIC NEWS. The BBC Natural World programme about Peak Oil and the future of our farming industry will be repeated this Saturday at 5.30pm on BBC2. If you missed it first time round, this is a great programme and worth…

  • Highly Commended in the Daily Mail’s ‘Make Your Mark’ Awards

    Charlotte and Ben were recently finalists in the Daily Mail’s ‘Make Your Mark’ awards for their enterprising initiative in creating the Fordhall Community Land Initiative in 2006. The winners of the 2009 Make Your Mark Enterprising Young Brits Awards were…

  • Keep It Local in Market Drayton

    Over the last few weeks, Charlotte has been working with some local businesses on an idea to bring back local shopping habits and a sense of pride for Market Drayton. This week 40 independent businesses in Market Drayton are taking…

  • Forest School Fun Week to run again!

    After the success of Fordhall’s Forest School Fun week at February half term, Fordhall Farm is pleased to announce that it will be running an extra three days during the Easter holidays.Due to the popularity at half term, places become…

  • FINALISTS! – Enterprising Young Brits Award

    WOW! Charlotte and Ben and the Fordhall Community Land Initiative have been shortlised for the Daily Mail’s Enterprising Young Brits Awards 2009 through the Make Your Mark campaign. Make Your Mark is the campaign to give people in the UK…

  • New lambs at Fordhall

    Yes spring has sprung when new baby lambs can be seen around the farm and so far Ben is very happy with the way things are progressing. There have been no real problems and lots of twins have been appearing…

  • Fordhall Farm holds ANOTHER successful working weekend!

    Yet again Fordhall has held a successful working weekend with people from as far afield as Somerset coming along and taking part. Lots got finished, including fences, gates and yurt cleaning! All volunteers left happy, with a sense of achievement…

  • Permaculture Design course at Fordhall

    WOW! We have had a fantastic response from the BBC programme shown last friday called ‘Farm for the Future’ featuring Fordhall Farm. It was filmed as part of the Natural World series on BBC 2 and attracted over 2.2 million…