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"When January hit, we saw a massive decline"
Chester Ellis on the realities of running a drinking establishment in January/February, moving into his own brewery, and the symbiosis between pubs and…
 • Hugh Thomas
"The margins on a bag of flour are nothing like the margins on a handbag"
Amid one of the biggest nut harvests in recent memory, Glastonbury farmer Roger Saul reflects on the ticking "timebomb" of British farming
 • Hugh Thomas
“We need to restore land in a way that's healthier for us, the environment, our communities”
Redwoods Farm’s Amy Chapple on the (not so?) lonely job of farming, regenerative fibs, and difficulty relating to non-farmers
 • Hugh Thomas
"We're trying to grow a rainforest within 20 years"
An exchange with Higher Farm's Matteo Grasso on trees, ducks, and the grisly truths of a more resilient food system
 • Hugh Thomas
Somerset's ice cream counterculture
Generally speaking, to buy an ice cream is to buy into industrial, ultra-processed food. Here in dairy country however, small-scale producers are…
 • Hugh Thomas
Somerset's first whisky
Using local ingredients, a small distillery near Mells is making spirit so good it's "bonkers"
 • Hugh Thomas
If supermarkets are the villain, why do local producers supply them?
Why one Somerset producer is comfortable with selling into supermarkets – and why one is not
 • Hugh Thomas
(Under)cut flowers in Somerset
The local alternative to another supermarket-dominated, pesticide-ridden commodity
 • Hugh Thomas
Who grew your clothes? [WFJ #83]
Fashion, like food before it, is starting to reforge our connection with the land. The South West's role in this movement can't be understated
 • Hugh Thomas
Should we be paying £3.50 for a litre of ethical milk? [WFJ #82]
Somerset's newest micro dairy highlights the difference between what milk costs and how much we pay for it
 • Hugh Thomas
Reasons to be, or not to be, wild about venison [WFJ #62]
Wild venison is commonly considered the most sustainable meat in the country. One Somerset farm however might prove otherwise
 • Hugh Thomas
Saving the planet… with cows? [WFJ #15]
Cattle is often public enemy no.1 when it comes to climate change, but some local farmers are producing beef in a way that benefits the environment
 • Hugh Thomas
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