Breeding Livestock
Ouessant Sheep for Sale
Our small tame Ouessant sheep from the French Channel Islands make ideal starter flocks for smallholders and permaculture homesteads. This smallest of sheep breeds is very hardy and valued for both meat and wool. Our closed flock originally established by Val Grainger...
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Designing Food Systems
For Domestic Gardens & Homesteads
We practice a permaculture approach to build both productivity and resilience....
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Developing People
Help at Life Transitions
As we search for alternatives to our present resource intensive consumer lifestyles we face many personal challenges.
To make a transition to more ecological and fulfilling ways of living involves an honest appraisal of where we now now, both personally and...
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DANAWAY – A Northern Permaculture Homestead
Danaway is a working permaculture homestead that has been developed as a community learning resource.
We aim to help people to develop the imagination, practical skills and confidence to live more abundant and self reliant lives.
Danaway Homestead is working in partnership with Riversmeet Community Cooperative to deliver experiential family and youth programmes to support pathways to land-based enterprise.
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We are using ecological design and management practices to establish fruit, vegetable and poultry systems, alongside breeding rare and heritage stock for northern smallholders. Our Ouessant Sheep flock comprises top french bloodlines selected for wool quality
Our small diverse holding is in an evolution from traditional sheep pasture to agro-forestry.
