In the Press

I am delighted to be able to say the North Yorkshire Planning Committee have overwhelmingly refused permission for solar and battery storage at Eden Farm with 10 votes against 4. There 4 planning reasons for rejection are: Impact on the tenant farmer Lack of evidence put [...]

The Times by Ben Ellery Tenant farmers have fended off a proposal linked to Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg's wife to kick them off their land to make way for solar panels. Rob Sturdy, whose grandfather Guy moved to Eden Farm in Malton, Yorkshire, in 1954, faced the [...]

Farmers Weekly By Philip Case Yorkshire tenant farmers Robert and Emma Sturdy are celebrating after winning a three-year battle against a large-scale solar panel development on their farm. North Yorkshire Council has refused consent for a solar farm and battery storage system on tenanted farmland run [...]

Family farms are the backbone of agriculture and the rural community. In this special feature, chief reporter Rachael Brown meets one family who are doing all they can to save their farm from a solar panel development. A decision will be made on October 10 It [...]

The Times, Ben Ellery 3rd February 2023 TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JAMES GLOSSOP For generations Rob Sturdy’s family have tended their farm and produced wheat, rapeseed oil and barley in the town of Malton, celebrated by chefs as Yorkshire’s food capital. However, he and his family face the [...]

Yorkshire Post, Chris Berry 8th October 2022 Until two years ago farming couple Robert and Emma Sturdy were living in harmony with their young family at Eden Farm in Old Malton where Robert had become the third generation to tenant on what is predominantly good quality, [...]