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Bridgwater Mercury

As a follow-on from BBC Countryfile, Stream Farm was featured in the Bridgwater Mercury. You can pick up a copy in most local outlets this week, or read the online article here.
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Watch Stream Farm on BBC Countryfile

If you missed Stream Farm on Countryfile on Sunday 10th March, you can re-watch it on Sunday 17th at 9am, or on BBC iplayer here. We had a fantastic day with Matt Baker and the film crew, and felt they did a really good job at showing what we...
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Countryfile – Sunday 10th March 2019

We’re excited to let you know that Stream Farm will be featured on Countryfile this coming Sunday 10th March, BBC1 at 6.30pm. We hope you’ll join us in watching!
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Bristol Good Food Awards 2018 – Best Local Meat!

We were thrilled last night to have been voted Best Local Meat in Bristol for the third year running. Here are some of our share-farmers collecting the award!
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Stream Farm – A Model for New Entrants

Steph Wetherell writes on the Stream Farm share-farming model for the Sustainable Food Trust. There are a multitude of barriers facing new entrants to farming, but a lack of relevant and appropriate training– relating to both practical farming skills and business knowledge — and access to land are top of the list....
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A visit from Israel – Bet the Farm podcast

In July we were visited by Rob and Tracey to record an episode for their podcast Bet the Farm. Listen to their episode on Stream Farm here.
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Financial Times: Corporate leviathans threaten rural economy

 
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Somerset farm gives novices the knowledge they need to succeed

Read an article published in New Food Entrepreneurs where James shares more about the Stream Farm share-farming model. You can also find out more about the model from the perspective of two of our share-farmers, Will and Charlotte.
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Uncertain harvest: does the loss of farms matter?

‘The latest paper in CPRE’s Farming Foresight looks at the data on farm numbers and sizes and raises questions about the loss of farms and their diversity. The report argues that farm size diversity is a crucial consideration as we move towards Brexit’, and features a case study on...
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In this case, the grass really is greener... Our In this case, the grass really is greener...

Our organic pigs/small rotavators are currently working their way through a North-facing section of scrub, so have to wait a little longer for the morning sun to reach them!
#organic #pigaeratorpork
We’ve finally got round to watching @kissthegrou We’ve finally got round to watching @kissthegroundmovie and it’s brilliant! It’s on Netflix and if you haven’t seen it yet, you must!
It explains the importance of regenerative agriculture and why soil health focussed farming is so crucial - both for our own health (the food we eat from the land), and for the climate. 

“Which model do you want your food to be produced from? The answer is pretty simple to me” - Gabe Brown

#regenerativeagriculture #regenerativefarming #carbonsequestration #organic #kissthegroundmovie 
📷 @maggie.eileen.art
Organic sheepskins are back in stock! We just got Organic sheepskins are back in stock!
We just got these back from the tannery last week and are very pleased with how they’ve turned out. 
Perfect for fireplaces, bedsides, babies’ cots or grandpa’s chair (not an exhaustive list!) 🐑 🐑
After a long standoff we came to an agreement and After a long standoff we came to an agreement and she agreed to tell us where she’d been laying them. Egg shortage over. 🐔 🥚 🥚 🥚 
#pasturedeggs #regenerativeagriculture
This is what a swarm looks like 🐝🐝🐝 June This is what a swarm looks like 🐝🐝🐝
June is swarming month for bees, and fortunately for us we had an extra hive to put these guys in when we came across them clinging on to this tree in the orchard. 
That was a couple weeks ago and they’re still with us so we can only assume they approve of their new residence! 
Bonus honey coming soon - hopefully!
#localhoney #pollinators
After the driest May on record in England, these r After the driest May on record in England, these rainbows and accompanying rain were a very welcome sight! 🌈🌈
#doublerainbowalltheway #organicfarming #pastureforlife
Two of our Large Black pigs finding some midday sh Two of our Large Black pigs finding some midday shade, very sensible idea 🐷 
#organicfarming #largeblackpigs
Days don’t come better than this for the cows! T Days don’t come better than this for the cows!
The sun is shining and the grass is growing, and so after spending the winter months in the barns they are at last let loose into the fields - much to their delight!
#pasturefed #regenerativeagriculture
Weekend feels 👶🏻 🐃 #forktofarmtofork Weekend feels 👶🏻 🐃 #forktofarmtofork
Please don’t moo with a mouthful Lavinia 🐄 #o Please don’t moo with a mouthful Lavinia 🐄 #organic #quantocks
Today it stopped raining and the first batch of la Today it stopped raining and the first batch of lambs saw the sun for the first time in their lives. 
And we saw it for the first time in what feels like 10 years ☀️ > 🌧
#lambing2020 #organicfarming #nofilter
A congregation of lambs? A laziness of lambs? What A congregation of lambs? A laziness of lambs?
What’s the collective noun for lambs? 🐑 🐑 🐑 #organicfarming #quantocks #lambingseason
Looks like the hens have finally chosen their Chri Looks like the hens have finally chosen their Christmas tree! - a Red Windsor wouldn’t have been my first choice but they’re happy with it 🎄 🍎 🐓 #organicfarming #somerset
Oh I see. Well at least that saves us having to mo Oh I see. Well at least that saves us having to mow it!
Bad weather? ❄️ ❄️ Snow problem for the co Bad weather? ❄️ ❄️ Snow problem for the cows who have now moved into the barns for the winter - for these months they eat our own organic haylage, grass which we cut and baled last spring #pasturefed
No complaints so far about their new home! No complaints so far about their new home!
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