Ian delivered a presentation on ‘How Forage Crops Can Deliver for Pollinators and Soil’  to delegates of the FWAG SW (The National Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group) Staff and Associates Day in Taunton this week. Organic farmer and Nuffield Scholar Rob Richmond also took part, ...

Incredibly smart work’ is how the judges of the Wild Trout Trust Conservation Awards described the Natural Flood Management at Honeydale Farm. Ian Wilkinson, farmer at Honeydale and MD of Cotswold Seeds, attended the awards ceremony at The Savile Club in London this week, along with other ...

A group of ornithologists and farmers met to discuss plans for Honeydale Farm this week at the start of a study to determine whether growing bird seed mixes together with supplementary feeding of birds over the winter ‘hungry gap’ (Feb-Apr) can help to halt the continued decline in ...

Ian Wilkinson and Sam Lane met with Therese Coffey, MP and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at DEFRA, and Robert Courts, MP for West Oxfordshire. They were given a tour of Honeydale to see the Flood Management works and wider biodiversity projects on the farm to discuss our natural flood ...

Free Workshops - GREATsoils with Plants and Livestock  Ian Wilkinson and Sam Lane from Cotswold Seeds will be speaking at a series of workshops on the links between plants, soil health and financial benefits for farms, aimed at growers, farmers and advisors. The events are part of the Growing ...