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Category: Food Sovereignty

From Fields to Healthy Flocks: How to Keep Lambs

Whether you’re starting a small flock on a few acres in the Yorkshire Dales or expanding your existing smallholding in Devon, the learning curve can feel steep. Possibly my favorite animal to keep! Here is some guidance on how to keep lambs.

From Garden Hobby to Self-Sufficiency – How to Keep Goats

Goats are brilliant characters, highly productive, and surprisingly adaptable to our damp British climate. That said, they’re also escape artists, surprisingly vocal, and require consistent daily care regardless of weather or personal plans. In this article we will talk about how to keep goats.

How to Keep Ducks for Eggs at Home

Ducks need more water, make more mess, and have entirely different housing requirements. But here’s what makes it worthwhile: duck eggs are brilliant for baking, they’re larger than chicken eggs, and ducks are genuinely hardy birds that’ll lay right through our British winters when chickens often take a break.

Do You Use Food Waste Compostable Bags?

Compostable bags make food waste recycling cleaner, easier and more effective. Why you should switch now.

How to Keep Fish for Farming: A Practical Guide Based on 6 Years Experience

Keeping fish for farming in Britain has become increasingly viable for small-scale producers and those looking to build food sovereignty on their land.

Your First Hive: A Complete Guide on How to Keep Bees

Keeping bees isn’t just about collecting honey. It’s about understanding a complex ecosystem that operates by entirely different rules than anything else you’ll manage in your garden.

How to Keep Fish: A Complete Guide for British Waters

Learning how to keep fish properly sits at the heart of responsible angling. Whether you’re practising catch and release, match fishing, or harvesting fish for the table, the methods you use reflect your respect for the fish, the environment, and the sport.

Your First Flock: A Practical Guide on How to Keep Sheep

Our wet conditions create specific challenges around foot health and parasites that you simply won’t encounter in drier climates. But they also mean we can maintain year-round grazing on many holdings, which is a genuine advantage. Lets talk about how to keep sheep.

A Beginner’s Guide on How to Keep Cows on Your Own Land

Thinking of keeping cows on your land? Before bringing your first cattle home, you’ll need to establish proper infrastructure and register with the appropriate authorities. The initial investment can seem daunting, but cutting corners here creates problems that become expensive and dangerous later.

How to Keep Pigs: Complete UK Guide to Space, Costs & Legal Requirements

Pigs are intelligent, characterful animals that’ll clear rough ground, fertilise soil, and provide meat that’s incomparably better than anything you’ll find in shops.
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