GET THE DIGITAL DIGEST

Sign up to receive the key stories in food, farming + fairness, direct to your inbox, every Friday.

Ben Andrews

Ben Andrews is an organic farmer from Herefordshire, where he works in partnership with his father. 2021 is the 20th anniversary of their organic certification on their 450-acre mixed tenant farm where his family has farmed since the 1930s. They grow brassicas, salad crops, cereals, beans, and finish cattle. He lives with husband John, a GP. 

Opinion

Fear of rejection is biggest worry for gay farmers

What’s life like as a gay farmer? While the cattle are unphased and the brassicas grow no differently, for many the biggest fear about coming out is still internal, writes organic farmer Ben Andrews.

Diversity Farming Inequality

Receive the Digital Digest

Food, Farming, Fairness, every Friday.

Learn more

About us

Find out more about Wicked Leeks and our publisher, organic veg box company Riverford.

Learn more