CONTENTS 3
• APR/MAY 2020
18 EARLY INNOVATION & LONG-TERM
SUCCESS, 140 YEARS AT RICKERBY
A potted history of this remarkable
company along with full coverage of the
open event in March.
32 KEEPING THE FARMERS
MARKETS GOING
Find out what’s happening at Headingley
Farmers’ Market, plus an insight into life
at Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese and The
Holy Smokery.
18
40 SHEARWELL POINTS
ALASTAIR’S SHEEP FARMING
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
32
Chris Berry talks with Alastair Jenkinson at
Beech House Farm about his decision to
leave behind a life of logistics for a life of
sheep farming at Langbar.
42 HOW THE FARMING DREAM
TURNED INTO AGRICULTURAL
CONTRACTING SUCCESS
Chris Berry finds out why farming is only
part of the story for Duncan and Jane
Stead of Stockton on the Forest.
46 RED IS THE WAY FORWARD
WHETHER CLOVER OR NORWEGIAN
40
42
Mike & Tom Powley at Green Hammerton
discuss with Chris Berry how they’ve
always been firm believers in analytical
farming.
46
48 SMALL BEGINNINGS TO
INSPIRATIONAL SUCCESS
High on the Yorkshire hills above the quaint
village of Holmfirth, nestled on Hay Edge,
is J Brindon Addy, traditional butchers and
graziers. Although they are as the name
says, they are so much more.
54 DIVERSIFICATION, DELIVERING
JOY TO THE COMMUNITY
48
Owner
Ian Wilkinson
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Ian Wilkinson meets up with members of
the Griffiths family - Steve, Fiona and Katie,
who run Stepping Out Alpaca Trekking
to discover more about yet another
delightful farm diversification project.
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