Self-confessed veg nerd, Guy Singh-Watson has over the last 30 years taken Riverford from one man and a wheelbarrow delivering homegrown organic veg to friends, to a national veg box scheme delivering to around 50,000 customers a week.
Guy is an inspirational, passionate, opinionated and admired figure in the world of organic farming, who still spends more time in the fields than in the boardroom. Twice awarded BBC Radio 4 Farmer of the Year, Guy is passionate about sharing with others the organic farming and business knowledge he has accumulated over the last three decades.
His video rants have provided a powerful platform to do this, with a video on pesticides going viral on Facebook to reach 5.6 million views and 91,000 shares. His weekly veg box newsletters connect customers to the farm with refreshingly honest accounts of the trials and tribulations of producing organic food, and the occasional rant about farming, ethical and business issues he feels strongly about.
As we prepare for employee ownership I’m writing an ethos statement to be included in the documentation. “Only dead fish go with the flow” made it in there and seems to embody our independent spirit.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 9th February 2018
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Leafing through the glossy pages of seed catalogues can be a dangerous pastime during short, cold winter days.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 2nd February 2018
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January’s first gale finally toppled one of our oldest field oaks. It has stood alone for all my 57 years, increasingly skeletal, surrounded by successive crops of grass, rhubarb, chard, cabbages and…
By Guy Singh-Watson - 26th January 2018
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It is hard to understand the inhumanity or moral blindness that made 19th century slavery acceptable, but it makes the courage and mental fortitude of those who spoke out all the more admirable.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 19th January 2018
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Every January, two sides of agriculture gather in Oxford; the 82-year-old, mostly male and suit-clad ‘conventional’ Oxford Farming Conference, and the nine-year-old challenger, the Oxford Real…
By Guy Singh-Watson - 12th January 2018
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It’s wild, wet and windy out there. The sun, when we see it, barely reaches the north-facing fields even at midday. If I were a bear, I would find a warm cave and take a nap. Nothing grows in the…
By Guy Singh-Watson - 5th January 2018
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Time is running out for any hope of keeping climate change within two degrees Celsius and thereby avoiding the cataclysm of self-perpetuating, runaway global warming.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 14th February 2019
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For those who have the choice, buying organic offers a way of protecting the planet, but even sharing stories of solutions must offer us a way out.
By Nina Pullman - 13th February 2019
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Riverford's Pop-up Feast team has begun a three-date sell-out residency in the foodie city of Bristol with six delicious courses and a communal atmosphere.
By Nina Pullman - 12th February 2019
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