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Nigel Venni is the farm manager at Sacrewell, a 500-acre organic farm and vegetable packing operation in Cambridgeshire owned by Riverford Organic Farmers.
This year, we’ve decided not to cut the grassed area around our apple, pear, and plum orchard. Routine mowing removes habitats and vastly reduces biodiversity, meaning that only shorter plants survive.
Issue 12: Fairness and five years.
Find out more about Wicked Leeks and our publisher, organic veg box company Riverford.