Category Archives: Green Projects

Our Sustainable Farm Stay Delivers Great Green Credentials

SDL Pellets Ltd Chipping Campden Back in 2015 we increased our holiday accommodation offering by conversion of The Granary. At this time we needed to upgrade our heating system and opted to move away from Oil by installing a biomass boiler. Gas or propane were both expensive and not possible due to our location. AtContinueContinue reading “Our Sustainable Farm Stay Delivers Great Green Credentials”

How 2050 Could Look If We Fail At Climate Change

Take a look at these world wide Cities under water: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/tripideas/a-look-at-earth-in–if-climate-change-isnt-stopped/ss-AA1fIdlB?ocid=sapphireappshare Maybe then we will come up with a better solution to discharging sewage into the sea. Fresh water will clearly be an issue. Farm land and farmers will be recognised as critical infrastructure. If over population and immigration is a problem now, how willContinueContinue reading “How 2050 Could Look If We Fail At Climate Change”

Family Farm Stay Leading The Way to a Greener Future

Nestled in the heart of rural Worcestershire, Oaks Barn Farm delivers not only a quality farm stay experience but also outstanding green credentials. Working alongside Climate Essentials, we have been able to benchmark our business achievements against our business inputs and related emissions with an impressive set of data. As we advance 2023 will provideContinueContinue reading “Family Farm Stay Leading The Way to a Greener Future”

Growing A Family Farm Stay Business Through A Recession

While the world is still smarting from the impact of the pandemic, and our global borrowing has pushed inflation beyond 10%, while banks step in using the base rate to restrict growth yet further, it is hard to envision that a company can still achieve growth in the path of such adversity. Growth Income thisContinueContinue reading “Growing A Family Farm Stay Business Through A Recession”

10 Years On From Our Solar Install

Just 10 years ago we made a commitment to invest in solar energy production at Oaks Barn Farm, at the time it was a risk and payback was estimated at year 15. No one could have foreseen the current situation with electricity prices, however taking the decision to do the right thing for the environmentContinueContinue reading “10 Years On From Our Solar Install”

Farm Goes Off Grid Amidst Energy Price Hikes

Solar Install This headline has been a number of years in the making. In November 2012 with Spa Solar of Droitwich, we installed an 8kw Solar Panel array on our barn to supplement our power usage on the farm. Making use of government-backed feed-in tariff incentive. EV Chargepoint Installed In March 2019 we installed ourContinueContinue reading “Farm Goes Off Grid Amidst Energy Price Hikes”

Reducing Our Plastic Waste Throughout Our Supply Chain

Thanks to a recent visit to The Farm Innovation Show, we visited our hot tub filter supplier who have recently developed re usable components to our hot tub filters, this makes them easier to clean and when disposing only a minimal amount of plastic is disposed of. Running 3 Hot Tubs for our Farm StayContinueContinue reading “Reducing Our Plastic Waste Throughout Our Supply Chain”

Empty Chairs At Empty Tables

A farmer’s perspective on the hospitality sector Oh, the Irony of running a family Farm Stay with Empty Chairs at Empty Tables, in this current theatre of life we find ourselves currently in, at a time of year where we are normally full with Christmas shopping trips and family get-togethers ahead of one of ourContinueContinue reading “Empty Chairs At Empty Tables”

Upcycled Cold Frame from old Fridge Freezer

Last week our Samsung American Fridge freezer broke just 6 years old and just beyond it’s 5 year warrantee. As there were faults on the motherboard and potentially a leak which could not be repaired plus the motor sounded odd reluctantly we purchased a new one. The internals of the fridge were all in goodContinueContinue reading “Upcycled Cold Frame from old Fridge Freezer”

Bigger than a drop in the ocean

After 10 years our retaining wall of wooden railway sleepers is now due for replacement, not wanting to have the need to replace again we came up with these railway sleepers made from recycled plastic including plastic bottles and used silage wrap the product can be cut with a circular saw or chain saw andContinueContinue reading “Bigger than a drop in the ocean”