A star - well done

I am the proud father of a star. Alistair has won  the  Craft Guild of Chefs  Award for best Pub Chef 2010. - That's like the Oscars of catering.  Click here for the ceremony. He's about 2.30 in 

Sea weed in the midlands

This field of cereal has had remarkably little conventional fertiliser, but it still looks healthy.  The soil and crop have been managed with an application derived from sea weed - and sustainable resource- which works with the soil fungi to improve the crop's root system and therefor health and yield. It makes economic and envirnonmental sense

An opportunity not to be missed

"Food and Farning - An Urban Perspective" is a photographic display by fashion photographer Kevin Foord and we have been fortunate enough to secure it for display at the Three Counties Show(18-20 June) in the Church Tent (near the South Gate).

The display has its origins in a friendship between Foord and author Richard Benson who lives in London but grew up on a family farm in Yorkshire. As they travelled the country together Benson became interested in the way Foord saw things and the photographer's interest in the objects and locations that the writer took for granted.

From this grew a unique perception of UK agriculture portrayed in the stunning photopgraphs that make up the display.