TDEG’s new blog about producing food and supporting nature in and around Tideswell.
As well as providing us with healthy food, our farming neighbours can have a huge impact on our local environment, the landscape and its wildlife. We recognise the need to learn from those facing these challenges at first hand. We hope to share their knowledge and experiences in this blog.
To submit an article for this blog, please email your topic to in**@******rg.uk .
Our first blog comes from local dairy consultant, Steve West. It’s based on the talk he gave at the TDEG open meeting on 8 September 2026.
Organic dairy farming at Hassop Farm
The Dilks family have been farming on the Hassop Estate for over 30 years and went fully organic in 2018. Judy, along with her husband Bob, is the heart of the farm and her son Ross also works as an agronomist advising farmers and landowners. Judy and Ross talk us
Dairy’s not Scary
Steve West has a genetics background, but now works as a dairy consultant to farmers and processors. His advice also includes market analysis, business and technical advice including genetics, nutrition and optimising productivity. We need to start with some key underpinning facts about UK agriculture. 8% of the
Want to find out more...
You can read about TDEG’s 2023 meeting in which Chloe Palmer talks about farm clusters in Hope Valley and Bradfield, and Rosemary and Rebekah describe the White Peak Landscape Recovery Project. There are more blog from farmers in other regions at the Nature Friendly Farming Network. Discover more about farmer cooperation for nature at the White Peak Farmers site.
