Weekly Articles

The Dairy Documentary

Last week’s BBC panorama was horrific to watch and has thoroughly traumatised consumers and dairy farmers alike. I think anything that...

15) The Damage from Lockdowns

A sad week here at the farm as our cat died. We are all gutted to say the least, and it’s the first time I’ve ever had to explain...

14) Food Waste & Food Security

On Monday evening I had to pop into our small convenience store (ran by a big chain supermarket) in Torrington to top up our electric key...

13) Daylesford, Dishevelled Devon & Well Water

This weekend was the first in about a year with nothing pressing on the to do list, so Scott and I seized the rare opportunity to leave...

12) Consumption in the Later Years

After talking last week about how we are sold to from birth and as babies, I wanted this week to explore more in depth the next stage of...

11) Consumption from Day 1

Most of us know when we are trying to be sold something, when a cold caller rings up or seeing adverts on the telly with smiley, happy...

10) Localisation; the Solution

So, following on from last week’s topic of globalisation, I want to start talking about ways in which localisation can happen. I believe...

9) Globalisation; The Problem

I am yet to talk much about localisation, it’s a big topic to try and squeeze into 650 words so I think this could run across a few...

8) From Clapping to Sacking

The last article I write of 2021, so naturally a summary of how I perceive this year has been. I have found 2021 quite strange, a sort of...

7) What is Success?

Likes, lip fillers, fake tan, influencers, fast fashion, Netflix, celebrities, soap operas, perfect eyebrows… some of the many things...

6) The Soil Crisis

As the wild, torrential rain battered down last night I was rather worried about the dodgy leaking roof, but more so about the amount of...

5) Have we lost our connection with the food we eat?

This afternoon my daughter and I walked into my Mum’s kitchen to find two dead pheasants lying on the table waiting to be plucked and...

4) Christmas without Consumption

I write this at half past 11 after an evening of making Christmas garlands for my partners butchers’ shop, Hiron & Sons window...