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Cutting Your Food Waste

On a recent holiday in Egypt, at Sunrise all inclusive resort I was impressed at the Re purposed leftover foods, fish soup was made from the previous nights fish and crab meat, croutons and bread from breakfast was seasoned and dried for soup accompaniment. So worldwide we have a growing population, a growing homeless problemContinueContinue reading “Cutting Your Food Waste”

A Success Story Against Adversity

This Amazing life story twists and turns through a path of sheer determination and hard work carving a legacy of music which will stand the test of time. Read about his passion for farming, his battles with the inland Revenue, and how his music and songwriting shaped him into The American Icon Willie Nelson WillieContinueContinue reading “A Success Story Against Adversity”

Oaks Barn Farm Hosts Studley Castle Team

This weekend we are delighted to welcome Murphy & Young Ltd to our Farm, the team of 6 will be undertaking works on the £35 Million investment by the Warner Group to develop Studley Castle and its facilities. From 1903 to the 1960s the house was occupied by Studley College, a horticultural training establishment forContinueContinue reading “Oaks Barn Farm Hosts Studley Castle Team”

Digging for Bowel Cancer

What a difference a day makes at Oaks Barn Farm, we approached one of our Twitter Friends @Scottlar https://twitter.com/scottylar to do some metal detecting on our bottom fields, he said he would pay £15 per day to let him detect we said we would match fund his contribution if we could donate it towards Bowel Cancer Awareness,ContinueContinue reading “Digging for Bowel Cancer”

If you love what you do you will never have to work again….

Sitting in bed looking out onto our frosted open fields with the sheep lay down waiting for the sun to warm the pasture, paints a picture of an ideal rural landscape, and indeed it is, but the work behind any sucessful business can often go unnoticed, for many Christmas Day is a time to relaxContinueContinue reading “If you love what you do you will never have to work again….”

Press Release Oaks Barn Farm Get Shortlisted

Worcestershire Based Oaks Barn Farm, are delighted with being shortlisted for the category of Digital Innovator, for the British Farming Awards to be held on the 20th October 2016 with Guest speaker Sally Gunnell OBE. Working hard to build up our luxury farm stay business over the last 10 years, Oaks Barn Farm has built upContinueContinue reading “Press Release Oaks Barn Farm Get Shortlisted”

Growing Social Media Organically

From our Farm Stay in Rural Warwickshire, deciding what pigs to rear to give the fullest of flavour to our sausages, through to when to flush the ewes through so they are at their optimum for putting to the Tup are all carefully considered plans to make the most of what resources we have atContinueContinue reading “Growing Social Media Organically”

Enjoy Life!

Tomorrow marks three months beyond my battle with cancer, 8 hours of surgery and 5 days in hospital and a further 2 weeks of all sorts of tubes and drains seems now a distant memory. Thanks to the support of everyone around me, the journey has been tough but possible.  Yes I no longer haveContinueContinue reading “Enjoy Life!”

Yesterday I Killed Our Pig

The reality of being a farmer, bringing new life into the world, watching it stand for the first time, making sure it doesn’t get squashed, ensuring that it takes its first milk, watching as the energy from its new food source causes it to run taking off like a coiled spring, watching it grow, introducingContinueContinue reading “Yesterday I Killed Our Pig”

How Green are we doing?

With green fields all around us, it is easy to think that this would be green enough, but we want to do more, we are all here just for a short time and our vision for the farm is to put a little back during the time we are here.  On the 20th of OctoberContinueContinue reading “How Green are we doing?”