Not sure which turkey to get? Once you’ve made the decision to ditch cheap commercially-reared birds, which never see the light of day and are grown in ultra-quick time, it can be tricky to…
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Wonder what’s the fuss with fat content? Intrigued by Jersey vs. Holstein? Can’t find free-range? There’s a lot more to your pint of cow’s milk than meets the eye. Malou Herkes filters through the…
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Did you know there’s a traditional alternative to turkey that’s not goose? Say hello to the cockerel (aka a male chicken). And not just any cockerel, a free-ranging bird that’s been slow-grown over 120…
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Cooking Farming ThinkingThe bird is the word: why are we so obsessed with chicken? And is it as healthy for us as we think?
Chicken is by far one of Britain’s favourite foods, accounting for half of our meat consumption. Its rise in popularity is largely thanks to it now being incredibly cheap to buy. It’s also due…
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Intelligent or slow to understand, proud or shy? These are just a few of the diverse characteristics of cows charmingly revealed by farmer Rosamund Young. Kite’s Nest Farm sits across 390 acres on the…
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Apron at the ready? Welcome to the ultimate recipe for a typical supermarket cheap chicken (fake farm name included). The secret recipe to cheap chicken (supermarkets don’t want you to know about) Name of recipe:…