by Neil Hickson | Dec 14, 2025 | Essay, GSP, Mental Health, News
Our work at Burscough Community Farm is grounded in compassion, community, and caring for the land. Editor’s note:This piece was originally written during a period of reflection prompted by a series of short films exploring young people, anxiety, and confidence. Our...
by Neil Hickson | Nov 16, 2025 | Essay, News, sunset
Our work at Burscough Community Farm is grounded in compassion, community, and caring for the land. We don’t align with any political party, and we don’t endorse political messaging. Our values are simple: protect the environment, support people in need, and treat...
by Neil Hickson | Oct 26, 2025 | Essay, News
Robert Noble Burscough Community Farm is becoming increasingly associated with Willow. We grow a large amount on site now, including basket-making varieties. We also use willow in large quantities for our arts and crafting activities. Our area in West Lancashire is...
by Neil Hickson | Jun 27, 2021 | Essay
Working in conjunction with Edge Hill University on their ‘multispecies storytelling project’ got me thinking about how we treat the land that feeds us, together with the nature we share it with. Neil Hickson It’s a dream of many people, owning a piece of...
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 | Mar 14, 2017 | Essay
Starting a small scale food growing project like ours off the ground is tough. It is sometimes hard to make the economics work and it’s physically demanding. So, why are we doing it, ‘why are we here?’ We are working on a community growing project...
