Cat and Fiddle Pick Your Own Farm

LOCATED IN DORSET, SOUTHWEST ENGLAND

ASTRA Food Company Ltd

LOCATED IN SAUDI ARABIA

By Georgia Jarmolkiewicz

Pick Your own Cat and Fiddle Farm 

• 20 different fruits and vegetables grow April-October. 
• Sold at farmer's markets or in pick your own
• Based in dorset: seaside, cool average temperatures in
• sedentary/arable/commercial style farming
• machinery used, no pesticides used or other chemicals, water sprays are used.
• Inputs: some sunlight, heavy rain, fertilizer, soil, seeds, temperature
• Processes: planting, picking by hand or by machine
•  Outputs: pick your own, trading in various farmers markets in the southwest of England
• Heavy rain can be an issue for the farmers as months of rain at a time is not uncommon. In the southeast, huge, extreme storms and remnants of hurricanes are not uncommon, nor is flooding.
• Strong winds are common due to the proximity to the sea.
• Also, pollution can sometimes lower crop quality.

ASTRA Food Company Ltd

• Biggest arable and pastoral farm in Saudi Arabia
• Sedentary and Commercial farming style
• Located in Saudi Arabia: high, desert temperatures year round, but very cold at night. Unfavorable, sandy terrain for farming.
• Huge machines used, and very large amounts of chemicals used.
• Inputs: Sunlight, water spray, fertilizer, pesticides, chemicals, heat, seeds
• Processes: planting, picking by machine, packaging. For animals the processes involves ensuring the animals reproduce, killing the animals and separating them into different cuts to package and sell off
•  Outputs: Selling to stores all over Saudi Arabia
• Drought and freshwater shortages are problems the farm often face, as well as sandstorms which can stunt crop growth along with pollution because it slows down photosynthesis by clogging up the air.