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.

Organic Beef : Facing the Future event

21 May 2013

Bradwell Grove Estate, Burford, Oxfordshire

Dovecote Park and The Soil Association by kind permission of Mr Reginald Heyworth invite you to: Bradwell Grove Estate, Burford, Oxfordshire from 10am to 4.30pm on Tuesday 21 May. As a dedicated beef...

Seminars with Iain Tolhurst: Designing Rotations

21 May 2013

Walled Garden Shed, Hardwick Estate, Whitchurch-on-Thames, RG8 7RD. Reading

Designing Rotations: A systems approach. Good rotation planning is the key to successful organic vegetable production. The seminar considers the importance of adopting a “systems approach” to rotatio...

Pitgaveny Farm Family Open Day

26 May 2013

Pitgaveny Farm, Pitgaveny, Elgin, IV30 5PQ

Proceeds to North East Sensory Service and The Sick Kids Friends Foundation Activities for all ages including: Activity Area with Earthtime; Tractor Driving Challenge; JCB Digger Driving; Farm Animal...

Future Growers: Introduction to organic crop production

01 June 2013

Date: Saturday 1 June 1.00pm – Tuesday 4 June 5.00pm
Location: Abbey Home Farm, Gloucestershire and other venues

This three and a half day course is an introduction to organic crop production. It is designed to give new growers an overview of principles and practices of fruit and vegetable production on organic...

Farm Walk: Village Farm, Sinderby, Thirsk

04 June 2013

Village Farm, Sinderby, Thirsk, YO7 4SD

You are invited to a Farm Walk on Tuesday, 4th June 2013, 10.45am – 3pm, Village Farm, Sinderby, Thirsk, YO7 4SD, by kind permission of Phil and Jim Wadsworth. The event is being organised by Newcast...

Soil Carbon: Delivering Higher Returns. Free Technical Event

11 June 2013

Lower Northcott Farm, Boyton, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 9RQ

Join us on Thursday 11 June for a half day workshop on improving soil structure and fertility, optimizing productivity, grazing for health, and much more - all through the management of carbon levels...

Farm Walk: Woodlands Farm - Lincolnshire

11 June 2013

Andrew Dennis, Woodlands Farm, Kirton House, Kirton, Near Boston, Lincolnshire, PE20 1JD

Farm Background: 2800 acres of Beef, sheep,arable, poultry and horticulture. Mixed Organic and Biodynamic farm with Box Scheme, field scale vegetables and local breeds. Woodlands offers school visits...

Grow more grass with the GrassMaster

12 June 2013

Drymen 

A practical day looking at increasing grass productivity through hands-on field assessment: providing guidance on rejuvenating, reseeding, and over-seeding; what varieties to sow and why; return on i...

Farm Walk:Tamarisk Farm,Dorset

12 June 2013

Adam and Ellen Simon,Tamarisk Farm,West Bexington, Dorchester, Dorset,DT2 9DF

Farm Background: Tamarisk Farm is 600 acres of mixed organic farming on the clay slope running down to the sea behind the chesil beach on the Jurassic coast of West Dorset. Most of the land is low fe...

Seminars with Iain Tolhurst: Towards a Carbon Zero Farm

17 June 2013

Walled Garden Shed, Hardwick Estate, Whitchurch-on-Thames, RG8 7RD. Reading

Farm footprint - towards a carbon zero farm? This seminar will look at what you can do to reduce your farms energy use and how you could even head towards a zero carbon footprint. It will explore the...
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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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