Events

Farm walkThe Soil Association continues to provide dedicated training events for farmers and growers across the UK, as well as providing technical support to other organisations and alerting Soil Association members about relevant non-Soil Association events.

Through our training events and wider services we aim to inspire and support new entrants to enter organic agriculture, to provide practical work-based training through our Organic Apprenticeship Scheme, as well as ongoing professional development for more established organic practicioners.

Our events focus on encouraging 'best practice' across all farming and growing sectors, disseminating current research, marketing support and market information, as well as creating new trading links and opportunities for all organic businesses.

When planning our programme we always include a broad range of expert speakers and the majority of our courses include a visit to a farm or site that displays 'best practice' in its field.

Farm Walk: Knepp Castle - West Sussex

16 April 2013

Sir Charles Burrell, Estate Office, Knepp Castle, West Grinstead, West Sussex, RH13 8LJ

Farm Backgroud: 3500 acres and main enterprises are Beef, pigs and woodland The estate is a re-wilding project, where herds of animals free roam over large areas of land managing the habitat through ...

Organic Awareness Days at Yeo Valley

17 April 2013

 Yeo Valley, Wills Barn Education Centre, Rhodyate, Blagdon, Bristol

Our one-day organic induction on Yeo Valley’s organic farm is designed to provide an engaging, informative and enjoyable introduction to organic. The event is relevant and helpful to anyone involved ...

Farm Walk: Gold Hill Organic Farm - Dorset

18 April 2013

Andrew and Sara Cross, Gold Hill Organic Farm,Dorset, DT11 8HB

Farm Background: Farm is 60 acres and the main enterprise is horticulture. Established 25yrs ago from 1 acres of veg and 1 polytunnel to 10 acres veg and 9 polytunnels. Wide range of veg first sold t...

Farm Walk: Hindon Organic Farm, Somerset

23 April 2013

Penny & Roger Webber,Hindon Organic Farm, Nr Minehead, Exmoor, Somerset, TA24 8SH 

Farm Background: A typical Exmoor Hill farm (555 hectares), tenanted now from the National Trust, which has been in the Webber family for 3 generations. We have pasture and graze adjacent moorland - ...

Farm walk: Whitethorn Farm, Herefordshire

25 April 2013

Martin & Rachel Soble, Whitethorn Farm, Carey,Herefordshire,HR2 6NG

Farm Background: Medium size horticultural unit with vegetables, soft fruit and top fruit. Mostly hand harvest including; beetroot with tops, spinach/chard, celery, lettuce, green top onions, sweetco...

Farm Walks:Whitehall Farm, Cambridgeshire

30 April 2013

Stephen and Lynn Briggs, Whitehall Farm, Ramsey rd, Farcet, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 3DR

Farm Backround: More information on Whitehall Farm will be added shortly. 16:30pm - Arrival with refreshments 17:00 - Farmer/Grower host will provide and overview of the holding and what to expect to...

Farm Walk: Hammonds End Farm, Hertfordshire

09 May 2013

Stuart Roberts,Hammonds End Farm,Harpenden,Hertfordshire,AL5 2AY

Farm Background: 300 acres of beef and arable. The main focus of our farming operation is the production and processing of cereals. We have developed a growing market supplying organic cereals to art...

Organic Awareness Days at Yeo Valley

15 May 2013

Yeo Valley, Wills Barn Education Centre, Rhodyate, Blagdon

Our one-day organic induction on Yeo Valley’s organic farm is designed to provide an engaging, informative and enjoyable introduction to organic. The event is relevant and helpful to anyone involved ...

Farm Walk: Courtyard Farm, Norfolk

17 May 2013

Peter Melchett,Coutyard Farm,Ringstead,Hunstanton, Norfolk, PE36 5LQ

Courtyard Farm aims to combine profitable farming with providing an environment where native wildlife can thrive, and public access is encouraged. For wildlife, this means building up a healthy, livi...

Low Carbon Farming Info Event - Wales

21 May 2013

Pembrokeshire Venue TBC

PRACTICAL STEPS TO REDUCE FARM EMISSIONS This FREE Low Carbon Farming event will look at: Minimising emissions through nutrient management Minimising emissions through soil and grassland management L...
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Notes from 
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Low carbon farming event (Kent) - 'Moving towards low carbon farming'

The Low Carbon Farming project events moved to Kent during the sunny week in late May with a sucessful day at Commonwork Farm, Bore Place. The morning session was held in the farm's 'low carbon' conf...

Low carbon farming event - Practical measures to reduce farm emissions

The 2012 programme of low carbon farming events took off with a one day event held in Sydling, near Dorchester. A well attended day, packed with interesting talks and a great farm tour of Sydling Bro...

bTB Badger vaccination meeting (Wales)

To help our Welsh farmers make informed decisions about all the options available to them to reduce the risks of bTB on their farms a meeting was held at Gelli Aur College Farm in Carmarthenshire whe...

Weed Workshops - N.E + S.W Completed

Following listening to producers needs and identifying weed control in grassland systems is near the top of the list we hosted two Weed Workshops this October. One in the South West at Rob Halliday’s...

Low carbon farming event - Moving towards low carbon farming. Woodland Valley Farm, Cornwall

The second of our planned events took place at Woodland Valley Farm, near Ladock in Cornwall last Tuesday with a morning session of expert speakers followed by a delicious lunch and farm walk.
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