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The wild strawberries I find growing in margins around the farm withstand drought, rain and weeds and still produce Botrytis-free fruit; a far cry from the today’s mollycoddled commercial crops.
Northern organic dairy supplier Acorn Dairy has won a prestigious award for commitment to the environment, generating its own energy and farming organically.
We grow herbs, chillies and lettuces with a small team and a handful of polytunnels, but every year I wonder if I shouldn’t just become a chickweed farmer instead; it just seems to love growing on our little farm.
My brother Oliver is a master at the tricky job of establishing grass in our rotation without artificial herbicides or fertilisers, as so often is the case, the organic way requires more complexity.
Slovenian’s richest couple are behind the largest organic farm in Europe, and say they want to inspire global uptake of organic farming. But are there questions to be asked? Jack Thompson digs a little deeper.
Issue 12: Fairness and five years.
Find out more about Wicked Leeks and our publisher, organic veg box company Riverford.