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Stephen Briggs
farmers_and_growersWe mainly produce cereals: spring and winter wheat (5-5.5 tonnes/hectare, 13.5% protein for milling), spring barley (malting), winter oats, spring oats (5-6.5 tonnes/hectare). Spring wheat...Whitehall FarmOrganic -
Jonathan Smith
farmers_and_growersListen here Agricology · Agricology In The Field - Jonathan Smith Jonathan Smith grows organic fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers on the island of St...Scilly Organics, St Martins, Isles of ScillyOrganic -
Julian Gold
farmers_and_growersListen here Agricology · Julian Gold Farmer Profile Julian Gold is farm manager of 800 hectares of Hendred Estate in Oxfordshire on the edge of...Hendred Estate, Wantage, South OxfordshireRegenerative agriculture -
James Alexander
farmers_and_growersLitchfield farm near Enstone in Oxfordshire (owned by Nicola and Kevin Knott) is one of 4 farms I contract farm (of a total of 1,500...Litchfield Farm, Enstone, OxfordshireOrganic & conventional -
James Dexter
farmers_and_growersWe are a small off-grid, organic farm in mid Devon that is part of a cluster of 3 small holdings at Greenham Reach, a pioneering...Wild Geese Acres, Holcombe Rogus, mid DevonOrganic -
Georgie Bray
farmers_and_growers(First published: November 2019. See November 2022 update below) The RSPB bought Hope Farm, a conventional arable farm in Cambridgeshire, in 2000, with the aim...RSPB Hope Farm, Knapwell, CambridgeshireIntegrated Farming -
Joe Rolfe
farmers_and_growersRBOrganic is a vegetable growing business that forms part of Houghton Hall Estate in Norfolk. We have a long-term relationship with Houghton and are a...RBOrganic Farm, Houghton, NorfolkOrganic -
Dan Bussey
farmers_and_growersI currently manage Manor Farm, a 1,000 acre estate on the Leicestershire borders, which focuses on regenerative land management to restore soil health and productivity,...Manor Farm, LeicestershireRegenerative agriculture -
Richard Suddes
farmers_and_growersThe farm is based at the village of Cornsay near Consett in Co. Durham. The altitude, weather and soil type on the farm are all...W.I. Suddes & Sons, South Farm, Co. DurhamConservation Agriculture -
Tim May
farmers_and_growersWe farm 2500 acres regeneratively and organically, applying a holistic approach. We are currently growing organic quinoa, organic linseed, organic gluten-free oats and heritage wheats...Pitt Hall Farm, Kingsclere Estates Ltd., HampshireConservation Agriculture -
Charles Dowding
farmers_and_growersThe main output from Homeacres is salad bags, which contain washed and mixed leaves of many flavours, which vary with the seasons. I sell over...HomeacresOrganic