Merry Christmas from Grierson Organic

Merry Christmas from Grierson Organic

by | Dec 7, 2022 | Blog

Christmas is now upon us, and at Newmiln Farm, working overtime to get all the jobs done is part of the festive spirit. It comes with the profession, I suppose. Meat needs to be procured and packaged, orders need to be arranged and delivered, and a single last-minute...
Pastoral farming for climate friendly beef

Pastoral farming for climate friendly beef

by | Feb 21, 2020 | Blog

Recent years have seen a growing scepticism towards eating meat, fuelled by knowledge of the environmental impact of intensive livestock farming. This has led to a shift towards vegetarianism and veganism in the population, and even proposals to eliminate meat from...
Cheap food – value versus cost

Cheap food – value versus cost

by | Nov 21, 2019 | Blog

I’m writing again on a chicken theme largely in response to the Guardian investigation into the production practices at the 2 Sisters Food group (2SFG) in the midlands. Apart from its findings I am genuinely interested into how poultry is processed on such a...
Organic Chicken – FAQs

Organic Chicken – FAQs

by | Sep 21, 2019 | Blog

Over the years I have noticed that the same questions about organic chicken crop up regularly when chatting to customers, so we wondered if a quick fact sheet may help. Apologies to those of you who know this stuff, here goes. Does organic mean free range? Organic...
Grass Fed Meat: Why bother?

Grass Fed Meat: Why bother?

by | Jun 21, 2019 | Blog

I know I always say this, but in Scotland we are blessed, we have a mild climate with plenty of rain, and so we can grow any food that we need. As organic farmers though, our major crop is grass. Growing grass is a mild obsession, as grass, or more precisely clover...
Animal Welfare: Why should we care?

Animal Welfare: Why should we care?

by | Jun 21, 2018 | Blog

Every day I walk into the farm and there’s a squad of piglets mooching about. We brought a sick sow in to keep an eye on her and she then had 8 piglets. They’re now 6 weeks old and they have started venturing out. I hurry past in my infinite busyness but their baby...
Good food culture in Scotland’s big year

Good food culture in Scotland’s big year

by | Sep 30, 2014 | Blog

Phew. Lets all catch our breath. Scotland is having a very busy year. Commonwealth games, Referendum, Ryder Cup, AND good weather. As farmers we have had a near perfect growing year. We’ve needed it. After the very challenging growing seasons of 2012 and 2013 we were...
Growing things: A Mysterious Process

Growing things: A Mysterious Process

by | Mar 23, 2014 | Blog

It’s spring time at the moment, an emotional time for farmers and growers. We are itching to get sowing and begin the growing season. There’s a burst of new flavours for the cook in the family to use; purple sprouting broccoli, rhubarb, spring greens and the ever...