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Farming
Mixed farming systems: Feeding the birds
In this latest blog from Patrick Holden, he looks at the benefits of mixed farming systems on the biodiversity of both the environment an...
Winter weather
How do small farms cope when the winter weather closes in? Patrick Holden reflects on the impact of the weather and his preparations agai...
Bovine TB on my farm
After remaining free of TB for 39 years, Patrick Holden speaks out about the realities of being a farmer on the end of a suspected TB bre...
Alice Holden: An organic farmer’s story
Now a full-time grower for Growing Communities' Starter Farm in Dagenham, Alice Holden talks about her experience as an organic apprentice
Rebuilding grasslands
In the mid-west of the United States, row crops and cattle ranches are ubiquitous, but Hannah McGowan discovers a new project aiming to r...
Greening the desert
SEKEM is a biodynamic community project which over the last 35 years has transformed thousands of acres of virgin desert into fertile soi...