Battling with what you love is confusing and exhausting. But as much as I support the growing assertion that farmers should work with nature, this brings its own compromises.
Few foods are as hard-won as the marsh samphire, and after another tough season, this may well be our last.
With England's horticultural producers under untenable pressure, the latest home-grown report provides a map to get out of the mess we're in
After years of campaigning by the LWA and Sustain, DEFRA's 5ha farm amendment finally allows smaller producers to receive support through the Sustainable Farm Initiative
In 40 years of growing strawberries, the non-organic crop has largely abandoned soil; going from 95% grown outside in the soil, to 95% grown on tabletops under polytunnels.
Food, Farming, Fairness, every Friday.
Find out more about Wicked Leeks and our publisher, organic veg box company Riverford.