- President’s View - NFU President Tom Bradshaw tells Countryside readers why it’s vital to support Britain’s farmers
- Lorna Maybery visits a Staffordshire farm where regenerative practices are helping both cattle and family life flourish
- What’s cooking in your kitchen – This month, we chat to Paul Johnson, head chef at The Crewe Arms in Blanchland, Northumberland
- Dog behaviour - Carolyn Menteith looks at the time-honoured role of the farmer’s dog
What’s in this issue?
In this edition, we focus on what makes British farming special. You can meet the livestock and dairy farmers using regenerative methods to improve their grasslands, learn more about the challenges facing a Gloucestershire vineyard, and the family of flower growers producing petals and dried floral bunches in the face of changing trends and fashions. Plus, in an exclusive column, NFU President Tom Bradshaw tells Countryside readers why it’s so important to back Britain’s farmers and improve our self-sufficiency in the face of an unstable world.
Farming deserves our resolute backing. It’s the industry that provides nearly two-thirds of all the food we eat in the UK, that underpins the largest manufacturing in the UK – food and drink. Which is worth £153.2 billion to the economy and supports 4.2 million jobs. And farming is the foundation of all that.
Also
in this edition…
- Great British Food - Miranda Gore Browne cooks up some great harvest supper treats, including a cheese and apple pork pie
- Smallholder view - In the face of a challenging summer, Clare Hunt has had one notable success
- Crafted from the crop - We look at the world of textile artist and straw worker Penny Maltby
- A vintage year at the Three Choirs Vineyards - Winemaker Martin Fowke talks about this year’s grape harvest
- Country ramblings - Nature and folklore with Dudley Edmunds
- Feathered Focus - Focus on the Sultan breed, egg laying problems, mental health and chickens
- Autumn in the veg garden – What to grow in your veg garden this autumn with Lucy Hutchings
- Gardening with Pippa Greenwood - Pippa gives you her tips for October gardening
- The Big Picture - Lorna Maybery goes behind the scenes at Shropshire Petals
- Garden landscaping - Elegant patio and paving solutions from Nicola Stocken
- The Countryside puzzler - Crosswords, quizzes and word searches to test your grey matter
- Diary dates – 37 dates for your October diary
