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There are lots of reasons to grow tomatoes. Officially a superfood, they’re packed with vitamins, especially vitamins C and A. Homegrown tomatoes picked and eaten straight from the bough smell and taste amazing compared to the bland packs sold in supermarkets. Children love to grow and eat them, and they look great in any allotment or garden. Some varieties also thrive in baskets, helping...

This Sunday, 19th June, the River Cottage: Meat episode will screen on Channel 4. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has always passionate about sustainable, humane, and hand-reared meat, and lots of Landsharers share Hugh’s passion, and are now rearing their own animals on Landshared land.  Moving into animal husbandry can be a daunting task. Here are some of the best blogs for information,...

In an article in The Guardian today, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall sings the praises of organic, free-range pork and bacon, and offers some tasty recipes to create from your perfect pigs. He also gives advice to people who want to rear their own pigs, or buy them from local farmers: ‘Perhaps you're curious about rearing your own pigs. I've had pigs for more than 10 years, and if you have the...

We all care about sustainable food and are interested in growing our own fruit and veg. Some of us have chickens and even pigs, and may even be contemplating a small herd of cattle (I'm impressed!). But what about fish? Urban farmers might not have access to fishing gear and a fresh healthy river, but still want a nice bit of fish with their homegrown veggies. If you want to extend your grow...

Does anyone know if it’s possible to eat TOO much Beetroot? Having grown some amazingly shaped and sized deepest red and round beets, we’re now enjoying Beetroot in multiple forms; beetroot hummus, courtesy of Daniel Steven’s River Cottage Bread Book being a bit of a favourite. Mind you, Hugh’s variation on the hummus theme which involves walnuts looks pretty damn tasty...

Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall has written a book to accompany an exhibition at the Imperial War Museum that focuses on wartime food. Ministry of Food was published by the museum, and features ‘thrifty wartime ways to feed your family today’. Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall is the mother of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, and an accomplished garden designer (with two Chelsea Flower Show...

The Landshare Team are chuffed and basking in the reflective glory of Hugh winning Campaigner of the Year in the 2010 Observer Ethical Awards for his work on Landshare.  The Grassroots category winner was Abundance. Hugh met Abundance last year, but I have to admit I’d not come across them before.  Their growing grassroots project has teams of volunteers across the UK...