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If you have never gotten down on your hands and knees to sift through a cow or sheep poo, then grab a 'stool.' Each pat...

Is he or she recognisable as a farmer? Checked shirt, muddy boots, body warmer, lots of talk about the weather and how to get hold...

Have you ever wondered what the true benefit of hedgerows, tree lines or flower rich margins are on your crop yield? As part of the...

As part of #OrganicSeptember campaign, Daylesford Organic have been running a ‘Future of Food’ series, featuring interviews with thought leaders in the food, ecology and...

Can you make land both a productive farm and also good for bumblebees? This is a question that has been occupying the minds of the...

Ploughing has received bad press in some organic farming circles due to the higher fuel requirements and the fact that it buries soil organisms and...

There is huge potential for farmers to be incentivised and rewarded for protecting and sequestering carbon in their soils. Government initiatives and carbon offsetting schemes...

Planting trees is great isn’t it? Good for the farm, good for the planet, good for our livestock for our crops for our soil. It’s...

Agricology has been awarded a DEFRA ELM Test in partnership with the University of Reading to research how effective videos and podcasts are as tools...

Why do we eat lamb, throw away wool and wear plastic? Why are food and fibre systems not generally considered within the same systems and...

Jez Taylor, head of the diverse market garden at Daylesford Organics talks to us about managing the greenfly on the roses they supply to the...

Wildflower meadows are an intrinsic part of our natural heritage and have been in decline over the last century. The rich flora and fauna provide...

'Our solutions are in nature' - a concept at the core of sustainable farming practices and the theme of 2020's UN International Day for Biodiversity...

Do you use 'alternatives' to conventional drugs and other interventions to keep your livestock healthy? There are many farmers - conventional, organic and those in-between...

This is one of a series of interviews Daylesford's Tim Field has been conducting on the topic of sustainable food and farming. Tim speaks to...

We want to pause to celebrate all those who tend our land and give so much to feed the nation. We are all indebted to...

Compost can improve soil fertility through supplying mineral fertilisers such as potassium, phosphorus, and nitrogen and it can help to strongly influence the soil carbon...

A group of farmers on the Isle of Arran, sometimes called ‘Scotland in miniature’ because of the range of farming it hosts, have begun to...

The Agriculture Bill will be voted on by MPs on Wednesday 13th May. Do you want to support nature-friendly farming, address climate change and ensure...

The coronavirus crisis is reminding us of how closely animal, ecological and human health are linked. A vital component of our health is, of course,...