Updates

  • Fordhall Farm on the BBC

    Fordhall Farm is featured as part of a BBC documentary this Friday on the future of Farming. With oil prices being so fluid and the vast majority of our farms being so dependant on it as a core resource, the…

  • Forest Fun over half term at Fordhall Farm

    Wondering what to do with the children over half term? Well, wonder no more. Here at Fordhall Farm we are utilising our newly developed Forest School site for family use. From Mon to Fri next week we will be running…

  • Farm for the Future – Fordhall Farm on TV!

    Farm for the Future – Friday 20th February BBC 2 8pm. Rebecca Hosking finds out how she can make her families wildlife friendly farm in Devon, a low energy farm for the future and discovers that nature holds the key.…

  • Snow at Fordhall Farm

    Shropshire was hit by the snow quite heavily last night, but the life of a farmer goes on. We thought we would share some lovely pictures of Fordhall Farm in the snow, something that we haven’t seen for some years.…

  • New free range piglets at Fordhall

    Perfectly timed with the airing of Jamie Oliver’s programe – “Jamie Saves our Bacon” promoting free range pork production – is the birth of 9 healthy Gloucester Old Spot pigs at Fordhall Farm in Shropshire. Pictured above with mum in…

  • Farmhouse Breakfast Week 2009

    Next week is national Farmhouse Breakfast week 2009 which looks to increase awarenesss of the most important meal of the day – Breakfast! The campaign aims to encourages people nto start the day with a healthy nutritional breakfast as part…

  • The future of our Pork! – Pig Business

    At Fordhall we pride ourselves on producing high quality meat to high standards, but this not the case for all pig producing farms, particularly outside the UK. In the coming weeks there will be alot of press around the varied…

  • January welcomes new arrivals at Fordhall Farm

    We have been back at work less than a week and already exciting things are happening on the farm! The Sunday after Christmas saw one of our hens gave birth to six little chicks…We weren’t expecting this at all, but…

  • Happy New Year from all at Fordhall Farm

    Just a quick blog to wish you all a ‘Happy New Year’ from a cold, snowy Shropshire. We hope that 2009 will bring lots of new exciting projects for Fordhall after a fantastic 2008. We hope 2009 will see many…

  • Buy a Share in Fordhall Farm for Christmas!

    ….They make great gifts! A life-time share really is the most perfect, thoughtful gift for any age. It’s a chance to become part of The ground-breaking Fordhall Community Land Initiative and own part of a farm!Receive a beautiful hand-written certificate,…