Case Studies

FIRST HAND: Market Garden/Horticulture Mixes with Soil Farmers of the Year

David Newman and Tracy Russell, from Bucksum at Shabbington Field Farm are the winners of the 2024 Soil Farmer of the Year Award, the first market gardeners to be ...

FIRST HAND: Legume & Herb Rich Sward (MIXGS4) and Sainfoin with Dave Loggin

Farm Type: Mixed, with horse livery Location: Northamptonshire Size: 400 acres Soil Type: Sandy Mixes Used: Legume & herb rich sward (MIXGS4) and sainf...

FIRST HAND: Herbal Leys with Mark Spendlove

Farm Type: Traditional Mixed Location: Northamptonshire Size: 500 acres Soiil Type: Ironstone to medium clay loam Mizes Used: Herbal leys Mark Spendlove grows ...

Pastured Pigs with Justin Newman REVISITED

Farm Type: Pastured Pigs Location: Cornwall Size: 7 Acres Soil Type: Fertile loam Mixes Used: Special Pig-Rooting Mix, Herbal Ley & Fast & Vast After ...

FIRST HAND: Pochon Dairy with Waldegrave Estates

Farm Type: Dairy & arable  Location: Wells, Somerset Size: 800 Acres Soil Type: Mainly shallow loam over limestone  Mixes Used: Pochon Dairy & Longer Term ...

FIRST HAND: Mixed Regenerative & SFI with Jeremy Buxton

  Farm Type: Mixed Regenerative & SFI Norfolk Location: Norfolk Size: 250 Acres Soil Type: Sandy Loam Mixes Used: Cover Crops, SFI & ...

FIRST HAND CASE STUDY GS4 Legume & Herb Rich Sward with David Illsley

Farm Type: Beef Location: Berkshire  Size: 400 Acres Soil Type: Sand and Chalk  Mixes Used: GS4 Legume & Herb Rich Sward  David Illsley’s four ...

FIRST HAND CASE STUDY Soil Farmer of the Year, Stuart Johnson

Farm Type: Mixed Location: Northumberland Size: Approx 1000 Acres Soil Type: Mixed Mixes Used: Legume & Herb Rich Swards  Changing an intensive system to ...

FIRST HAND CASE STUDY: Bespoke chicory mix with Jeremy Davis

Farm Type: Mixed Smallholding  Location: East Sussex Size: 40 acres Soil Type: Sandy Loam Mixes Used: Bespoke Chicory Mix  After taking over Lynne’s Organic ...

FIRST HAND CASE STUDY: Bespoke Limestone Grassland mix, Cotswold Wild Flora Meadow Mix with Anne Miller

Farm Type: Solar Farm and Wildflower Meadow  Location: Charlbury, Oxfordshire  Size: 40 acres Soil Type: Cotswold Brash  Mixes Used: Bespoke Limestone Grassland ...

FIRST HAND CASE STUDY: Herbal Leys with Jonathan Chapman

Farm Type: Pastoral Location: Chiltern Hills Size: 700 Acres Soil Type: Sandy clay loam, clay and flint, chalk Mixes Used: Herbal Leys/GS4 Legume & Herb Rich ...

Bespoke Herbal Leys with Charles Hunter-Smart & Sam Phillips

Two neighbouring Cotswold farmers have gone into partnership in an innovative, joint venture with a Cornish dairy farmer and herbal leys are driving the busine...

FIRST HAND: Herbal Leys with George Young

‘I describe myself as an agroecological mixed farmer,’ says George Young. ‘Farming with nature is one of the key things I want to do here on the farm, ...

FIRST HAND CASE STUDY: Herbal Leys & Cover Crops with George Hosier

Five years ago George Hosier began introducing herbal leys into his arable rotation to widen his rotation and make his farm more resilient. The results have been ...

First Hand Case Study with Dr Sarah Beynon: Herbal Ley, Bespoke Wildflower Legume Pollinator Mixtures

Where: West Wales Type: Wildlife & Conservation  Size: 200 acres  Soil Type: Varied neutral and acidic soils from peat to clay with some free-draining ...

First Hand Case Study: GS4 Herbal Leys & Cover Crops with Bob King

  Where: Wiltshire Size: 650 acres Type: Predominantly arable Soil Type: Heavy clay Mixtures: Herbal Ley & Cover Crops   Bob King has discovered that using ...

First Hand Case Study: Rye & Vetch and Bespoke Summer Quick Fix with Chris Molyneux

Chris Molyneux is Director of Molyneux Kale Company in the North West of England, growing different types of kale as well as chicory and chard, selling wholesale to food ...

14th OCTOBER: Regenerative Farming: Soil & Crop Health

There are a few places left for this one-day course on the management of your arable or mixed farming operation using the soil health principles.   Time & ...

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