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"We
have been observing cattle and hens (and sheep, pigs, wild birds,
mosses, lichens, trees etc) for more than 50 years, and have produced
one book and two short films, in order to be able to share some of
our observations."
Rosamund
Young, Kite's Nest Farm
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The Calf's World
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"The
Calf's World - DVD" gives a glimpse of the everyday lives of cows and
calves something most people never see.
This unique film, the
second from Kite's Nest Farm (See The Secret Life of the Farm) gives a
privileged view of the secret life of calves, something most people never see.
Living in family groups with several generations together, these calves and
their families are free to roam over unspoiled pastures with an immense
diversity of plants and grasses, allowing them to develop their natural
behaviour in a commercially viable farm situation.
(Review from the publisher, The Good Life Press)
Purchase this DVD from kitesnestfarm@googlemail.com
Sales of this DVD will raise funds to help the campaign to stop live calf
exports, run by the charity, "Compassion in World Farming" http://www.ciwf.org.uk
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Buy this Book

The Secret life of Cows
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"The
Secret Life of Cows - BOOK" is a compendium of true anecdotes which was reviewed
in The
London Review of Books by
Alan Bennett
The Secret Life of Cows, received
ecstatic reviews worldwide and is accepted as a leading text on animal
sentience.
Cows
can love, play games and form strong life-long friendships. They can sulk, hold
grudges, they have preferences and can be vain. All these characteristics and
more have been charted by Rosamund Young based on her experiences looking after
the family farms´ herd at Kite´s Nest farm, a farm long regarded as a
trailblazer of the organic movement.
A book providing a fascinating insight into bovine behaviour including
self-medication, family and herd relationships, communication, grieving and
playing and makes for a highly readable and poignant study littered with
anecdotes that will make the reader laugh, wonder and reflect. Certainly it will
make you look at the domestic cow in a different light. NOW IN PAPERBACK!!
(Review from the publisher, The Good Life Press)
Purchase this book from www.goodlifepress.co.uk
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The Farm
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"The Secret Life of the Farm - DVD" is the
The Secret Life of Cow's visual counterpart.
The
Young´s farm organically and have, wherever possible, let nature come first
with both their attitude to livestock and their immediate environment. As a
result their farm is host to rare flowers, ancient woodland, pure running
streams and wildlife which live happily side-by side with the cattle. This
film, shot over a 5 year period by Rosamund, shows us impromptu and random
insights into how the farm animals behave. It shows them making choices and
expressing preferences, at play and at rest. All this is seen against a backdrop
of a farm where the ethos is as much for care of the land as it is for care of
the animals. (Review from the publisher, The Good Life Press)
Purchase this DVD from kitesnestfarm@googlemail.com
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First Buy a Field
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"First Buy a Field -
BOOK"
First Buy a Field is The Realist's
Guide to Self-Sufficiency
Purchase this book from kitesnestfarm@googlemail.com
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copyright@Kites Nest Farm, Snowshill Road, Broadway, WR12 7JT
Review's copyright@Good Life Press
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