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New Cook Book Focusing on Fresh Produce

New Cook Book Focusing on Fresh Produce

The Non-Diet Cook Book by Krystle Nicole Russin is a cook book focusing on using fresh produce, locally sourced. Below is an interview with the author : Please give a little background on yourself and how you became involved in cooking? .. Read More

Miscellaneous | 01.2.11 | No Comments

Farm Machinery Thefts on the Increase

In May 2010 a Cumbrian judge handed out an unusually long prison sentence on Robert Mickle, who along with his accomplice, Christopher Steele, came especially from County Durham to a farm in Cumbria to steal a cattle truck. On passing the 16-month.. Read More

Miscellaneous, Uk Farming News | 08.16.10 | 3 Comments

Decline of the British Orchard

Conservationists have warned of the loss of Britain's traditional orchards. Recent figures from The National Trust indicate that up to 60% of orchards have been lost since the 1950's due to changes in land use and the increase in commercial fruit gro.. Read More

Miscellaneous, Uk Farming News | 01.17.10 | No Comments

The Urban Farmer

The term 'farmer' brings tractors, sprawling arable land, country living and a veritable feast of other associations flashing into the mind but what is farming, other than growing and rearing food? Surely farming doesn't only have a place in the ru.. Read More

Miscellaneous, Self Sufficiency, Smallholdings | 08.10.09 | No Comments