Shropshire

Thursday 8th March

Today I was hosted by Rob Bebbington a 2009 Nuffield Scholar from Whitchurch. Rob is a director in a farm contracting business called Fieldfare farmers Ltd. I met Robs business partner Peter and his wife Susan. They showed me through the production recording software they use called Gate Keeper.

Checking out the workings of Gate keeper with Peter & Susan.

Rob said that this was some of the poorest soil on there farm, I thought it just about looked good enough to eat compared to Mallee sand.

Rob took me to visit Oaklands farm eggs, which is an amazing family business founded by the Alled Griffiths a 1974 Nuffield Scholar. They farm 1.4 million layer hens in a state of the art facility, where the birds are housed in colonies. They also have 3000 acre arable farm.

The packing plant packs 1.4 million eggs per day and is totally automated. Each egg is individually checked for defects before packing and is untouched by human hands from the time they leave the chicken to the time the pallet of eggs is loaded into a semi trailer.