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Two of the sows have produced 22 piglets between them. Such a wriggling heap of spots – check out the short video below! https://www.instagram.com/p/BYgmK8cgFzM/?taken-by=shallowfordfarmdartmoor

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Esther brought the group to stay for four days, catching good and bad weather alike. They worked well as a team herding 450 sheep, across 9 fields and through a woodland onto better pasture, all with the help of Ben the dog. The beach on a sunny day was a great hit, collecting shells, burying … Read more

The plans for the future provision for young people at Shallowford was put before the DNP Planning Committee on the 1st September. Permission was granted so we now pray that we will steward the permission well to enable more urban young people to enjoy and learn from farm life and wide open spaces

Paul Edworthy and his team have been creating some beautiful banks and walls around the farm. They remind us of the team that we are a part of here at Shallowford – there are some big stones that maybe we see first but in and around them are the small stones that, if removed, would … Read more

The Widecombe sewing group has kindly donated a beautiful quilt that they have been lovingly making over the last few months. We are selling raffle tickets at £1.00 each throughout the autumn to raise money to bring more young people to the farm. The raffle will be drawn on December 9th at the Christmas celebration. … Read more

The team from Shallowford farm went to support their event providing a supply of sausages produced from the farm for the BBQ. It was a good opportunity to spread the word about the farm to the local community around Battersea and meet our Providence House friends on their own territory. We met up with some … Read more

A brother and sister plus their families called in during the summer to see if we were still operating and to reminisce. It nearly brought her to tears, “I can’t believe it is still here”; “This place was a life line to me”; “He just can’t stop talking about his time here, I had to … Read more

A big group of young people and adults came to the farm to enjoy a holiday away from the city. It was a very happy time with dry weather, good food and excellent company. We were blessed with 23 different volunteers coming to help to make this event happen. They put up tents, washed up, … Read more

Robert, Mario and his boys plus Antony joined us at the farm for 3 days, tackling a long list of tasks. It was hot work mending chicken coops, tending the veg plot, building all the new bunk beds, moving logs into the wood store and strimming. It culminated on a welcome dip in the river … Read more