News from the farm - Wicked Leeks

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Sparing or sharing the land?

There is a rational argument that concentrating farming on fewer, more intensively farmed acres releases the rest of the land for rewilding and carbon sequestration.

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Searching for the next generation of farmers

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Defending against climate change from the ground up

Climate change News from the farm

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The silence of the supermarkets

Riverford's petition urging the Government to curb supermarkets’ unfair treatment of farmers already has over 74,000 signatures. Despite this, the campaign has been met with a stony silence from supermarkets.

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Waiting for my wave

Sat on my surfboard off Devon’s most southerly beach, I am struck by how much the use of the land above the cliffs has changed since my first visits here as a child.

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A patient turnaround in the French Vendée

We have come a long way in the 15 years since I bought the farm – hoping to bridge the UK’s ‘Hungry Gap’ each spring, and to broaden Riverford’s range with the minimum road miles.

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No way to run a railway, a farm, or a country

What business leaders value above all, regardless of our political leaning, is competence, consistency, and a stable environment to practice our trades.