Cronkshaw Fold Farm

Bee hive hire: Pollination services

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We're located in the beautiful Alden Valley in Northern England (think of a cross between Downton Abby and Winterfell)

We want to grow the most delicious food we can, in as much abundance as we can, with the smallest carbon footprint we can while encouraging as much wildlife and biodiversity across the farm as we can! Doing all of these things at once is a proper challenge. We're constantly trying to get better by researching and trying out new ways of farming and managing the land. Our current focus is on converting the whole farm to run hydrocarbon free (so no petrol, diesel, gas, hydrocarbon based fertilizers - it's a biggy!) We want to do everything we can to reduce the effects of climate change as quickly as possible.

We farm poultry, meat goats and sheep alongside our kitchen gardens, honey bees and broadleafed woodland. We use farming practices that promote healthy soils, care for the countryside, increase local wildlife and preserve traditional rural skills such as dry stone walling, hedge laying, coppicing and companion planting.

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All of our livestock are farmed in line with the RSPCA "5 freedoms" philosophy and have access to large outdoor spaces for grazing and foraging during fair weather including species rich mowing meadows. They also have indoor weatherproof accommodation for poor weather. Death is not a taboo subject here - all our animals are for food and are either killed on site (poultry) or at our local abattoir which is a 25 minute drive from us.

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Climate change is something we are very concerned about. We have a great sense of urgency to do all we can to prevent our contribution towards emissions and help our visitors to do the same. This includes working towards changing our current farming practices in order to grow produce with a lower carbon footprint. We are also working hard to raise money to invest in renewable power technologies so we can produce and store energy on site - we're most of the way there with this one after installing 61 solar panels, 3 tesla powerwalls and a heat pump in 2022, woohoo!