Farm walks 2013

We have organised a number of farm walks over the coming months throughout the UK. This series of  farm walks will cover a broad spectrum of enterprises with the aim of sharing innovation and novel techniques. These events are open to all farmers and growers.

Attendance is free although prior booking is absolutely essential. To book your place on any of the farm walks, please email producer.support@soilassociation.org or phone 0117 9142400.We will be updating these pages with additional farm walks over the coming weeks so please return to this page regularly for events in your area.

Farm walk photo competition

Vintage Roots case of wineWe all know that farming can be thirsty work so our kind friends at Vintage Roots have offered a case of the finest organic wine (12 bottles) as part of our 'Farm walk photo competition'. All you have to do is to book your place on a free walk, go along and take some snaps and submit them for entry into our competition. Please click here for full terms and conditions.

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...

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...

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...

Farm Walk: Tolhurst Organics - Oxfordshire

18 June 2013

Iain Tolhurst,Tolhurst Organics, West Lodge Hardwick, Whitchurch on Thames, Pangbourne, Reading, RG8 7RA

Farm Background: 8ha of horticulture. Stockfree organic,Soil Association symbol holder since 1976. Pioneer use of green manures in vegetable rotations with many innovative techniques utilised on the ...

Farm Walk: Oakley Grange Farm - Leicestershire

20 June 2013

Richard & Inger Mee,Oakley Grange Farm,Shepshed Road,Hathern, Leicestershire, LE12 5LL 

Farm Background: We are a mixed organic farm of approximately 660 acres , organic since 2001. Our main enterprises are beef, sheep, pigs and arable. We have been farming under an environmental scheme...

Farm Walk: Wakelyns Farm - Suffolk

17 July 2013

 Professor Martin S Wolfe, Wakelyns, Metfield Lane,Fressingfield,Suffolk, IP21 5SD

Farm Background: 23 ha of arable and agroforestry. The farm is entirely experimental, the main feature being a range of different agroforestry alley-cropping systems. There is one organic rotation in...

Farm Walk: Caerhys Farm, Pembrokeshire

18 July 2013

Rupert Dunn,Caerhys Farm,Berea,St Davids,Pembrokeshire,SA62 6DX 

Farm Background: Caerhys Farm is on the picturesque coastline of North Pembrokeshire. We produce pasture fed Welsh Black beef and pork. We also grow vegetables for our CSA scheme, Caerhys Organic Com...

Farm Walk: Northdown Orchard - Hampshire

24 July 2013

Mike Fisher Northdown Orchard South LItchfield, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG25 3BP

Farm Background:5ha of horticulture. Box scheme since 1994, also supply field and protected crops to Riverford. Field crops and 1000m2 protected cropping, intercropping with green manures and green m...

Farm Walk: Strickley Farm, Cumbria

30 July 2013

James Robinson,WH & KM Robinson,Strickley,Old Hutton, Kendal,LA8 0LU

Strickley is an organic dairy farm comprising of 240 acres which has been in the Robinson family for 5 generations. We have a pedigree herd of 100 Dairy Shorthorns plus followers. We have always take...

Farm Walk: Penyrallt Home Farm, Carmarthenshire

08 August 2013

David and Jinsy Robinson, Penyrallt Home Farm, Pentrecwrt, Llandysul, Carmarthenshire, SA44 5DW

Farm Background: Penyrallt Home Farm is a traditional family-run mixed farm of approximately 140 acres. We have a dairy herd of British Friesians & Ayrshires, Hereford Cross Friesian Beef animals and...
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