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: Higher Farm, Devon

14 August 2013

Michael Rogers, Underwood, Higher  Farm, Beeson, Kingsbridge,TQ72HW

Farm Background: The farm comprises of 160 acres, all in Higher Level Stewardship. We farm a beef suckler herd and some winter field vegetables. We are into the second year of developing a 1.5 acre f...

Farm Walk: Millairies, Dumfries and Galloway

15 August 2013

Alan Brown, Millairies, Sorbie, Newton Stewart, DG8 8AL

Farm Backgroud: 250 acres of Beef and sheep (including sheep milk cheesemaking). Millairies is a mixed beef and milking sheep farm, where we grow some crops to feed the calves and sheep. We turn all ...

Farm Walk: Stephen Gelly Farm, Cornwall

29 August 2013

Martyn Collinge, Stephen Gelly Farm, Lanivet, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL30 5AX 

Stephen Gelly Farm is a small family livestock farm of 120 acres. We rear Devon Beef, LLyen Sheep, and Poultry (meat and eggs). The majority of which we sell retail, direct from the farm to small sca...

Farm Walk: Woodland Valley, Cornwall

05 September 2013

Chris Jones, Woodland Valley, Ladock, Truro, Cornwall, TR2 4PT 

Farm Background:170 acres of low carbon, mixed grassland with Beef as well as ecosystem services. For more information on the farm, please visit www.woodlandvalley.co.uk 16:30pm - Arrival with refres...

Farm Walk: Burscombe Cliff Farm - Kent

10 September 2013

Ben Garratt and Hilary Jones, Burscombe Cliff Farm, Egerton, Ashford, Kent,TN279BB

Farm Background: 93 acres of Beef,sheep, pigs,poultry and woodland All organic produce sold direct through farmers' markets etc. Wool and sheepskins likewise and some top fruit. WWOOF help is importa...

Farm Walk: Brynmawr Farm - Shropshire

12 September 2013

Trevor Wheeler,Brynmawr Farm,Newcastle on Clun, Shropshire, SY7 8QU

Farm Background: 170 hectares including beef and sheep. Conservation grazing with commercial beef from hereford and highland cross shorthorn cattle - attributes of the highland mothers with faster gr...

Organic Awareness Days at Yeo Valley

18 September 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: Sheffield Organic Growers - Sheffield

19 September 2013

Sheffield Organic Growers,Lightwood Lane, Sheffield, S8 8BG

5.2 Hectares of horticulture. Sheffield Organic Growers is a cluster of four independent organic vegetable and fruit growers, operating under a Soil Association Collective License. One grower is a co...

Farm Walk: Sheffield Organic Growers - Sheffield

19 September 2013

Sheffield Organic Growers,Lightwood Lane, Sheffield, S8 8BG

5.2 Hectares of horticulture. Sheffield Organic Growers is a cluster of four independent organic vegetable and fruit growers, operating under a Soil Association Collective License. One grower is a co...

Farm Walk: West Town Farm - Devon

24 September 2013

Andy Bragg, West Town Farm, Ide, Exeter EX2 9TG Devon

Farm Background.120 hectares. Main enterprise: Beef. An organic farm, 3 miles from the city of Exeter, West Town produces primarily beef and pork. The farm places a tremendous emphasis on getting peo...
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Notes from 
 previous events
 

 

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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