by Neil Hickson | Oct 15, 2017 | Event
Come join us at the farm on Saturday the 28th October for a FREE day of crafting, festivities and eats as we mark the end of the growing season with our 3rd annual Samhain event; SAMHAIN 2017! Samhain (pronounced SAH-win) is a Gaelic festival marking the end of...
by Neil Hickson | Sep 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
We are happy to kick off Active West Lancs Health Week. Come down to the farm on Monday (10:00-14:00) and have a look around at what we do. If you are wondering where we are, you can find us here.
by Neil Hickson | Sep 7, 2017 | Essay, Organic
Its ‘s Organic September! That’s what the news says but we have to be very careful with how we describe organic growing on our farm. We have always grown ‘organically,’ that is to say we never use any pesticides, herbicides or artificial...
by Neil Hickson | Sep 3, 2017 | Event
I have been asked to give a presentation for a new project being run by Burscough Hub Group. The Hub have previously run a project to help people gain access to the internet. The new project wants to tackle the issue of loneliness and its negative effect on our health...
by Neil Hickson | Aug 26, 2017 | Event
Let’s just say that food is important to us at Burscough Community Farm. Eating good food is a pretty big incentive to growing it as far as I am concerned. It’s a good job that earning money isn’t at the top of the list of reasons why we do it. Seeing what someone...
