Country diary: A new chapter for the farm – we’re going organic | Andrea Meanwell
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/29/country-diary-a-new-chapter-for-the-farm-were-going-organic
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Tebay, Cumbria: Historically it’s been a tricky thing for hill farms to do, but we’ve always run ours on organic principles, and now we’re fully converting From 1 November we have change happening on our farm. We have decided to become an organic farm and have started the two-year conversion process with the Soil Association . We’ve always run the farm on organic principles, but now, with our small shop selling our beef, lamb and pork, we’ve decided that we will convert, prioritising soil health and biodiversity without the use of chemicals. It has historically been tricky for hill farms to go organic because many are on commons with shared grazing and no physical boundaries between “hefts”, and with shared routes to and from the fell. Now the certifiers are keen to be flexible and adapt,…
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