As I write this, the first field of winter oats has just been cleared and cereals harvest is officially go. We opted to forage this particular field for a nearby grower with an anaerobic digestion plant...
As I write this, the first field of winter oats has just been cleared and cereals harvest is officially go. We opted to forage this particular field for a nearby grower with an anaerobic digestion plant...
Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops
James and Isobel, with their two young children, recently bought their first farm, and plan to run beef and sheep over 13.8 hectares (34 acres), renting a further 44.5ha (110 acres). James works for tech firm Breedr as UK country manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm