• Campaign for the Farmed Environment
    The Campaign for the Farmed Environment had its first anniversary in November. The aim of the campaign is to promote voluntary management of farmland to 're-capture' set-aside benefits from a relatively...
  • Has the drought ended at Hope Farm?
    Following 18 months of drought conditions, we have had the wettest April since we bought the farm. This has been welcome news for our crops, which are looking much better for it, and for the environmental...
  • The end of the beginning, or the beginning of the end?
    Harvest is in! Yesterday saw the final crop harvested here at Hope Farm with our field beans combined on a glorious Cambridgeshire evening. The completion of harvest is a time to celebrate, especially...
  • Harvest and bird results for 2010
    Birds Summer – Breeding season The 2010 bird analysis was completed a weeks ago and the results have exceeded expectations. Our farmland bird index now stands 201% higher than in 2000 with turtle...
  • Barn owls fledge, more than a partridge in a pear tree and a visitor from the east
    It’s been a fine autumn here on Hope Farm, with some excellent sunny early autumn days, crops have been harvested and next year's are sown and already growing. One of the great things in being associated...