Amadora Gahona

News from the farm   |   Animal welfare Duncan Janaway 11th February 2021 Organic farms are the best place to be when there’s a Housing Order (lockdown) due to an outbreak of avian flu, because the flock density (number of birds permitted per square metre of space) is so much lower than other systems. The birds have loads of room in the sheds, so they’re not on top of each other, and really they’re in the best place possible.

News from the farm   |   Plastic   |   Packaging Guy Singh-Watson 4th February 2021 The transition is complete, and our fruit and veg packaging (bags, punnets, nets) is now home compostable, where packaging is needed at all. We have always used minimal plastic (in 2020, our veg boxes used 82 per cent less plastic than supermarket organic veg), but we do need some plastic-like materials to retain moisture and so prevent food waste.

News from the farm Guy Singh-Watson 28th January 2021 So far, our trucks are getting across the Channel (albeit with a lot of additional paperwork); unlike friends in fisheries, our produce has not yet rotted in a lorry. I am relieved that my predictions of total post-Brexit chaos have not materialised. An upside to Brexit could be better farming, food and environmental policy, but early signs are not encouraging.