CRES, in association with JRI and CRuC, had this year’s summer field trip visiting Anthony and Sandra Herbert at Whetstone Fruit Farm in Leicestershire. Fourteen of us came from all over the country. After coffee on arrival we went on a tour of the farm on a trailer pulled by a tractor. We saw the agri-environmental schemes, the ponds, woods, a brook, and disused railway line. We viewed the ultra-modern cattle shed and then the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) scheme called Community Harvest Whetstone. After lunch we heard about the charity Send a Cow and then tried the pick your own before tea and heading home. Thanks very much to Anthony and Sandra for a great day!
If you would like to know more visit the farm web site at: http://www.whetstonepasturesfarm.com/
Pictures starting top left and going clockwise: the restored pond; the state of the art cattle shed; Anthony Herbert on the trailer explaining maize and wheat cultivation to our party; and a keyhole vegetable plot.