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Welcome to the World of Truffles and to the world class cultivation & science we apply. We have packed a lot of information into our website. That’s because the commercially successful cultivation of the Perigord or Black Winter Truffle is a complex and involving activity.
Truffles are all about time and we want you to take your own time reading through our website and here you can find out more about my journey towards creating what I am confident will be one of the world’s most productive and valuable truffle farms.
The blogs, news and events entries should help to give you a sense of how we got to this point in our development and an insight into where we are going.
Yours faithfully

Martin Waddell – Founder
Climate crisis making autumn leaves fall earlier, study finds
Report suggests tree growth will not store nearly as much carbon as scientists hoped Global heating appears to be making trees drop their leaves earlier, according to new research, confounding the idea that warmer temperatures delay the onset of autumn. The finding is...
The future is fungal: why the ‘megascience’ of mycology is on the rise
As a boy, Merlin Sheldrake really loved the autumn. In the garden of his parents’ house – he grew up a few moments from Hampstead Heath, which is where he and I are walking right now, on an overcast summer morning – the leaves would fall from a big chestnut tree,...
Timber from unsustainable logging allegedly being sold in EU as ethical
Campaigners say some of the wood is going to companies supplying Ikea, though it and logging firm deny wrongdoing Laws to protect biodiversity in Ukrainian forests are failing to prevent environmentally unsustainable logging that is harming wildlife, and the resulting...
Rainforest Alliance certifying unethical pineapple farms, activists claim
The Rainforest Alliance, one of the world’s most recognisable ethical certification schemes, is facing allegations of labour exploitation, use of illegal agrochemicals and the concealment of hundreds of undocumented workers at some of the pineapple plantations it...
The grand old trees of the world are dying, leaving forests younger and shorter
The effects on wildlife and the ability of forests to store CO2 from fossil fuels could be enormous. California’s giant sequoias can live for more than 3,000 years, their trunks stretching two car lengths in diameter, their branches reaching nearly 300 feet toward the...
EU plan for 3bn trees in 10 years to tackle biodiversity crisis
Concern that new strategy, which also includes protecting primeval forests, ‘lacks tools’ The European commission will launch a sweeping effort to tackle the global biodiversity crisis on Wednesday, including a call for 3bn trees to be planted in the EU by 2030 and a...
Truffle Farms Europe Ltd – Appointment of new director and field staff (Spain)
Press Release - Date: 23 March 2020 Truffle Farms Europe Ltd (TFEL) is pleased to announce the appointment of two new staff to its Spanish Company Truffle Farms Estates SL - Spain (TFSL) Gonzalo Ross has been appointed as Principal Director Spain and joined the Board...
Save on tax and save the planet: put some money in forestry
You can’t expect to find a magic money tree, but if you are a wealthier investor, then adding a forest to your portfolio could boost your returns – and it’s environmentally friendly too. David Prosser explores the options. In turbulent political and economic times,...
Trees on commercial UK plantations ‘not helping climate crisis’
Exclusive: carbon from most harvested wood soon ends up back in atmosphere, says study. Commercial tree plantations in Britain do not store carbon to help the climate crisis because more than half of the harvested timber is used for less than 15 years and a...
UK ethical consumer spending hits record high, report shows
Market including food, drinks, clothing and energy has risen almost fourfold in past 20 years Ethical consumer spending has hit record levels in the UK, according to a new report that reveals the total market – including food, drinks, clothing, energy and eco-travel –...
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