Rethinking Farm Sustainability: Beyond Carbon Tunnel Vision
From heat-stressed cows to the hidden benefits of messy hedgerows—see why one vet urges farmers to rethink everything they know about sustainability before it’s too late.
Claire Whittle
I am ‘The Regenerative Vet', a farm animal veterinary surgeon advocating for healthy livestock as part of healthy ecosystems, and a new entrant farmer in North Wales.
A Vet’s Anxious Joy: Witnessing Calving on My Farm
Experience the highs, surprises, and anxious moments of calving season through the eyes of a vet learning to trust nature on her own farm—click for an authentic slice of rural life.
Water. Life-giving and Soul-destroying
Think farming is all about animals? Click to learn how mastering water pipes proved tougher than veterinary school—and how farming has taught me more than textbooks ever could.
How Planting 5,000 Trees Built a Community of Joy
A journey of laughter, muddy boots, and meaningful connections as volunteers from all walks of life band together to restore woodlands and hedgerows, showing the profound joys of working with nature
Dating life in the countryside
Rethink Valentine’s Day with one farmer’s refreshingly real take on rural dating, self-discovery, and tree-planting as the ultimate antidote to romantic clichés.
Resilience, resistance, community and hope. Lessons from ORFC.
The uplifiting speeches, personal reflections, and urgent calls for solidarity that made this year’s Oxford Real Farming Conference an unforgettable gathering for farmers and activists alike.
From Scatterbrained to Storm Ready:
Can anxiety be an unexpected superpower? Step inside the whirlwind of a 'tidsoptimist' whose anxiety, childhood and coping strategies come together to prepare for a winter storm
When farming is in your blood, not on your land.
I'm a 'new-entrant' farmer, but I'll still tell people that I come from a farming family
Every time you say you don't believe in fairies, a fairy dies.
Why Grown-ups still whisper thanks to the fairies. The magic of nature and the stories we still tell.
The Reform-shaped elephant in the room
Is anti-immigrant rhetoric really supporting farming communities or is it dividing us more?
Litter Louts. The public scourge on the countryside.
Public access to the countryside is a contentious issue with littering often touted as a major concern. But is that really fair?
Lonely - The Importance of Human Touch and Interaction
Loneliness and isolation from the perspective of a farm vet and new-entrant farmer.