From the Winter 2017 issue of 'Broadcast' Robin Hill founded Cotswold Seeds in 1974, while book-keeper Elaine Hall joined in 1982 and is still overseeing the accounts.  After obtaining an agricultural degree from Cambridge, Robin chose to learn the practicalities ‘from the bottom ...

Come along to a one day workshop hosted by the Soil Association and Cotswold Seeds, and including lunch and a farm walk.  ‘Soil Health and Forage Plants’ will cover topics such as how biology can reduce the need for inputs, what can be done to improve soil health and what healthy ...

If you’re starting off the new year with a visit to the Oxford Real Farming Conference and thinking that one of your farming resolutions for 2017 might be to ‘Sort out Your Soil’, using green manures to add humus to soil to increase fertility so that chemical fertiliser use can be ...

Cotswold Seeds MD and farmer Ian Wilkinson is taking part in presenting two sessions at the Oxford Real Farming Conference in January, which both look at issues relating to diverse crops for improved soil health, human health and profitability. The annual Oxford Real Farming Conference, held in ...

In partnership with other Oxfordshire farms, we’re conducting an experiment over the next few months to determine the best way to provide food to support farmland birds during the winter hungry gap. We’re comparing the effectiveness of growing wild bird plant mixtures, compared to ...