Updates

  • Volunteer Profile: Chris

    The next chapter in our volunteer stories series is Chris’ story! This was originally published in the Winter 2021 edition of the Grazer. We love talking to our wonderful volunteers to find out what their story is, what initially drew them…

  • Little Acts of Conservation in the Cold Months

    It’s easy to think that, as the year reaches its last quarter, nature starts to wind down, too. The leaves abandon the trees, migratory birds seek out warmer climates and little mammals get ready to hibernate. And while this may…

  • Volunteer Profile: Georgina Mason

    Georgina’s volunteer story is next in our series, as published in the Winter 2011 edition of the Grazer! Times whizzes by on a Tuesday as the motley crew of volunteers turn their hands to all sorts of jobs around the…

  • Nutrition for Immune Support in Winter

    Hi, I am Kate. Not only am I the Membership Support Officer at Fordhall Community Land Initiative, looking after all our lovely members, but I am also a Registered Nutritional Therapist. I love working at Fordhall because their ethos absolutely…

  • Volunteer Profile: Janet

    Next in our volunteer stories series is Janet! Featured in the Winter 2018 edition of the Grazer: Since the community garden project began in 2010, I have had the privilege of working alongside Janet who first came to Fordhall when…

  • Poppy’s Green Christmas

    Are you dreaming of a green Christmas? Great! Our favourite four legged farm friend, Poppy, shares her top tips for enjoying your most environmentally friendly Christmas yet! Let’s get started – woof! Let’s start with trees, as you folks seem…

  • Volunteer Profile: Julie Cooper

    Continuing our volunteer stories series, please enjoy Julie’s which was featured in the Spring 2022 edition of the Grazer: Last month I had the pleasure of sitting down for a chat with Julie and her dog, Noel, (might have slowed up the…

  • Volunteer Profile: Rosemary Barker

    As winter draws in, the cold, damp and shorter days can all be can all be barriers to getting out and about and connecting with others. However, one such way of beating the ‘winter blues’, by connecting with nature and…

  • The Philosophy of Land Ownership – the Theft of the Commons and the Right to Roam

    The English countryside boasts a whole range of natural delights, and yet the vast majority of it is out of bounds for the general population. According to the Right to Roam campaign, 92% of the countryside and 97% of rivers…

  • Good Mood Foods

    Our Resident Nutritional Therapist Kate Bevan Wood Dip CMN mBANT CNHC (pictured) shares her top Good Mood Foods – these are the foods that we can eat to help nourish our brains and support a happy and healthy mood, and I’m…