Innovative Farming

Many of the best ideas in farming have always come from farmers like you. But most research happens off-farm. When you trial, test or analyse, you’re often going it alone. And that’s why, with the Innovative Farmers network we’re backing innovation on the ground.

Working together, we can find lasting solutions to practical problems, from managing weeds and pests with fewer chemicals to testing more sustainable animal feeds.

• How it works

  Find out how Innovative Farmers works and how it can benefit you.

• Events and Webinars

  Join one of our events or webinars and learn about the latest trials and expert knowledge

• Network benefits for you

  Are you a farmer, farm advisor or researcher? find out how Innovative Farmers can benefit you.

• Meet the Innovative Farmers

  Hear from some of the farmers involved in field labs

• Read the latest research

  Compost teas, antibiotic reduction and weed control. Read about the latest trials and results.

• The story so far

  Innovative Farmers builds on three years of research. Read more here.

Who’s involved?

Innovative Farmers is part of the Duchy Future Farming Programme, funded by the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation. The network is backed by a team from LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming), Innovation for Agriculture, the Organic Research Centre and the Soil Association and is supported by Waitrose.

The network is made up of people like you. A growing group of farmers, advisors, researchers and businesses; working together to tackle the stark challenges which farming faces.