Gone too long
Home at last!
After (Sally) my wife taking me to France for a fortnight (except I did all the driving!)
It was nice to go but it was certainly better to come home (I’m not saying I did not enjoy it, but… ) they say home is where the heart is and it is true in my [...]
100 Year Old Pat
100 Year Old Pat
Organic Fruit & Veg on the menu
New produce to come
Today I have been sourcing organic fruit and veg.
Sally and I have had a long think about this and we feel that it has to be done.
It has taken along time to source the veg as quality is often pushed aside for mass production, and Sally and I try to avoid this [...]
Jonathan’s blog post
its been quite a successful day here on the farm.
There’s plenty to do to get all the fields ready for harvest. All the fallen debris and broken branches have to be cleared, and the ‘manure spreading’ as we call it (muck spreading tp the rest of you!) has to be done.
The grass is playing catch [...]
Your Security - Our Business
Your Security - Our Business
Creating a secure site for you to visit is expensive in time, money and effort. Maybe that is why so many people simply ignore it and yet still expect you to spend your money with them!
We have a secure site - and we want to tell you why, so that [...]
Ainsley Harriott and John Torode are fans of Welsh Farm Organics
Rural news round-up
TV chef’s ham order tribute
TV chef’s ham order tribute
CELEBRITY chef Ainsley Harriott has ordered air-dried ham from Montgomeryshire-based Welsh Farm Organics after tasting it at last month’s BBC Good Food Show. And after sharing the stage with Jimmy Doherty (Jimmy’s Farm), owners Jonathan and Sally Rees revealed restaurateur John Torode may source their [...]
Finnish Organic Meat Sales due to livestock welfare concerns
Organic food is moving from the fringe to the mainstream in Finland. Sales in the sector grew briskly last year — particularly organically-produced meat. Experts say this is partly due to growing public concern about factory-farming methods.
These products, certified by the state, are produced without synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, antibiotics or growth hormones.
The manager of the [...]
Organic food - what is the truth?
Organic food - what is the truth?
Perhaps surprisingly, there is opposition to the growing organic movement. Look carefully at each piece of resistance and you will probably find someone who has a vested [...]
The Economics of Organic Farming
Organic economics
UK food production has received significant bad publicity, seemingly on a regular basis, over the past decade. Much of the criticism centres on production processes and quality standards that are less than excellent. Ultimately it is the failure to aim for and to achieve excellence that has led to the problems experienced in recent [...]
Organic farming
Organic farming
The general principles of Organic Farming are:
animal welfare - care is taken to ensure that livestock can freely express natural behaviours, have sufficient space and freedom to roam
environment [...]
