Rosewood Farm Blog

Gathering bales in the Ings with the tractor and trailer in the middle distance for transport back to the farm

The end of a long winter

‘Winter for the livestock farmer is something to be survived, a time of relentless work needing to be done, and of equally relentless expenditure’ The above passage from Roger Morgan-Grenville’s...

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The end of a long winter

‘Winter for the livestock farmer is something to be survived, a time of relentless work needing to be done, and of equally relentless expenditure’ The above passage from Roger Morgan-Grenville’s...

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Dexter cattle aftermath grazing in the SSSI wildflower meadows

Sustainable Farming - where is the incentive?

 In 2005 English Nature (the former name of Natural England) published the paper The importance of livestock grazing for wildlife conservation, which detailed the concerns over the changes to farm...

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Sustainable Farming - where is the incentive?

 In 2005 English Nature (the former name of Natural England) published the paper The importance of livestock grazing for wildlife conservation, which detailed the concerns over the changes to farm...

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Isn't all beef grassfed?

Isn't all beef grassfed?

One of the most common questions I am asked is whether our beef is grassfed. At Rosewood Farm we produce 100% grassfed beef as a by-product of conservation. That means...

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Isn't all beef grassfed?

One of the most common questions I am asked is whether our beef is grassfed. At Rosewood Farm we produce 100% grassfed beef as a by-product of conservation. That means...

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Feast & Farming

I don't think 2020 requires any introduction; Covid-19 brought both globalism and food supply into sharp focus for many as supply chains struggled to cope with a demand surge created...

Feast & Farming

I don't think 2020 requires any introduction; Covid-19 brought both globalism and food supply into sharp focus for many as supply chains struggled to cope with a demand surge created...

Rotten Old Grass

Rotten Old Grass

This is the story of our meadows, a story that goes back millions of years, the earlier part of which I’ve covered in previous blogs so I’ll pick this tale...

Rotten Old Grass

This is the story of our meadows, a story that goes back millions of years, the earlier part of which I’ve covered in previous blogs so I’ll pick this tale...

Independently Miserable

Independently Miserable

I’ve been promising you all that the next blog was going to be about land & rewilding ever since I wrote the last one - that’s still coming but sometimes you read...

Independently Miserable

I’ve been promising you all that the next blog was going to be about land & rewilding ever since I wrote the last one - that’s still coming but sometimes you read...