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: 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...

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...

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 Backgroun: 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 h...

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 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 taken a...
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