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Field to Feast

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18 contributions to Field to Feast
Help needed to rehome healthy chickens before being culled.
Can anyone help with this issue??? Mark, do you have any farmer friends who might be able to find homes for these... A FB friend posted and asked for this to be disseminated.... Best if you properly check out the legitimacy but the research I've done has come up with the same post elsewhere. What rules suggest that perfectly fine chickens have to be culled?? URGENT - Please share (copy and paste) Forwarding to anyone who might be interested, Dear All , This is a cry for help on behalf of some seriously brilliant laying Burford Brown hens! Richard Corbett has 6,000 feathered friends (free range) that have to be culled on Sunday July 5thth – purely because these are the rules when supplying Waitrose M&S etc with eggs. I’m on a mission to try and find as many homes as possible for as many hens as possible – even if its only for 1 or 10 hens. We already have five of his brood and they lay 5 eggs a day which is completely fabulous. So, if you have it in your heart to save a few feathered lives then please add your name to the list and return to me. The Collection date – which HAS to be adhered to – is July 5th. They should be collected from Richard Corbett at Dean Farm House Binley Nr St Mary Bourne, Hants. Tel: 07881783206. PLEAASE PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW
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@Lesley Belgium Is there a finite length of time (72-78 weeks) that supermarkets require farmers to have egg laying chickens then?? Why is this? They are killed after this time?
Synthetic folic acid and it's problems!!! Please act!!
Please, please, please, sign this petition, share widely with others and use any influence or connections you have to promote this. I've only just found it and it only closes on 24th June so it needs a prompt response. If you are not aware of the issues with synthetic folic acid then please check out this video and make it known to others. Thanks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXLneMTiTDw https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/751401
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@Mary Roach Hi Mary, Yes it's millers/producers under 500 tons I believe. I have been trying to source such producers but came up with nothing. I don't suppose you could link those you have found here or pm me, by any chance? Thanks.
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@Mark Byford You are right. But if this is the system then we have to do both - petition and source it ourselves. If the gov't don't know how we feel then we may as well just lay down and let them completely ride roughshod over us. And, it is a way of educating those that know nothing about the issue at all.
Slugs and snails
Hi guys I’ve been up since early this morning collecting slugs and snails from around the gardens tunnels and green house Yesterday was so hot they were all out as the sun dropped to get food and water and caused huge carnage I’m completely chemical free so one of my only defences is being there and picking them off one at a time I do use frass from Mad Company that is ground soldier ants that gives on a fragrance that slugs hate Keep a watch out guys as someone always wants to eat your hard work What do you use against pests in your countries ?
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2 likes • May 26
I can't be sure but I think that coffee grounds help. I also use homeopathy to varying degrees of success and make my own remedies. Try using the remedy Helix Tosta (made from slugs) along with your other options. It certainly won't do any harm.
It’s nearly warm in Somerset 🤔
So it’s late spring and still cold but it’s getting time to get things out as they are getting pot bound Our Electro Culture bed which @Andrew Munro installed is coming together really fast with amazing energy in the ground This bed was solid clay so loads of manure woodchip dolomite and basalt in to bring the life back Now the mycelium is starting to rebuild and we can now add a good bokashi compost I’m expecting real growth and development I’m on a mission to produce enough food on site this year to feed 30 people a week starting July 1st and to build it upwardly from there as fast as possible I think strange times for food are coming 🙏🙏
It’s nearly warm in Somerset 🤔
1 like • May 19
Wow. Great work.
Busy time of year
Hi guys and girls it’s a very busy time of year and today I’ve been out and about in the gardens. Artichokes both globe and Jerusalem are in abundance and the runner beans are growing well. Drop your pics of what your up to 👍
Busy time of year
4 likes • May 7
My beans are out too. Seem to be ok atm. Toms, aubergines and peppers planted out in the greenhouse this week and a few toms have been planted outside too. I'm a trial grower for She Grows Veg (a young heritage seed company) so also planted out their mini melon called Rich Sweetness and a gourd called Bird House (not edible but holes are drilled in them and they are decorated and hung outside for birds to use as nests). If you haven't come across She Grows Veg then have a look at their website. They are keen to make veg trendy, only sell heritage varieties and support charities that grow veg too. Have been a sensation at Chelsea for the last two years. https://shegrowsveg.com/?srsltid=AfmBOor4870mgnMvBqHxa8jL6GYHjQfxdsQTUFe-tjaHTD6m9Oylf5_O
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Karen Taylor
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A keen grower of veg and flowers with a strong interest and qualifications in several natural health modalities. Promote and support British farming.

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Joined Feb 5, 2026
Wiltshire.