Farmer Profiles
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The Stringer family
farmers_and_growersI (Mike) manage the farm at High and Low Callis Wold together with my family. I am the third generation of a 3-generation tenancy (more...J Stringer & Sons, High Callis Wold, East YorkshireOrganic & conventional -
The Barbour family
farmers_and_growersWe farm cattle and sheep on land that is part of the Bonskeid Estate, near Pitlochry in Scotland. Fincastle is 500 hectares (ha) of farmed...Mains of Fincastle Farm, Pitlochry, PerthshireOrganic -
David Rose
farmers_and_growersWe’re a 450-acre farm in Screveton looking down on the Vale of Belvoir, east of the Trent Valley. The farm has been in the family...Home Farm, FarmEco Community Care Farm, Screveton, NottinghamshireIntegrated Farming -
Jonty & Mel Brunyee
farmers_and_growersOur vision for Conygree Farm is to develop a diverse sustainable farm business following holistic and regenerative principles. We seek a range of environmental, community...Conygree FarmOrganic / Pasture Fed / Agroecological / Regenerative / No dig (market garden) -
Bill & Cath Grayson
farmers_and_growersWe run the Morecambe Bay Conservation Grazing Company (MBCGC) in north Lancashire / south Cumbria where we’ve been based now for about 30 years. We...The Morecambe Bay Conservation Grazing Company, Milnthorpe, south CumbriaOrganic -
Andy Dibben
farmers_and_growersAbbey Home Farm is a diverse mixed, family owned 1,600 acre farm near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, that has been organic for 30 years. John Newman is...Abbey Home Farm, Cirencester, GloucestershireOrganic -
John Pawsey
farmers_and_growersShimpling Park Farm is a mixed organic farm situated about 8 miles south of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. We manage our farm as a...Shimpling Park FarmOrganic -
Mark Lea
farmers_and_growersGreen Acres is an organic mixed arable and sheep farm that my wife Liz and I have been farming organically since 2000. We are certified...Green Acres Farm, Kemberton, Shifnal, ShropshireOrganic -
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 -
Mike Mallett
farmers_and_growersListen here Agricology · Agricology in the Field - Mike Mallett Mike Mallett is farm manager of Maple Farm Kelsale, a 138-hectare family farm situated...Maple Farm Kelsale, Saxmundham, SuffolkOrganic -
Wendy Seel
farmers_and_growersListen here Agricology · Agricology in the Field - Wendy Seel Wendy Seel set up Vital Veg with her partner Anne Taylor in 2005 on...Vital Veg, North Tillydaff Farm, Inverurie, AberdeenshireOrganic -
George Young (farmingGeorge)
farmers_and_growersFobbing Farm is a 1,200 acre (485 hectare) zero tillage and zero insecticide arable and livestock farm in south Essex. We are not on the...Fobbing FarmIntegrated Farming -
Martin Lines
farmers_and_growersI am a third-generation farmer and contractor and grow mainly arable crops on the family farm and rented land. The farm is just over 400...Papley Grove Farm, St Neots, CambridgeshireRegenerative agriculture -
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 -
Callum Weir
farmers_and_growersWimpole Home Farm is an organic 589 hectare (1,419 acre) mixed livestock and arable farm near Cambridge. It is part of the National Trust ’s...Wimpole Home Farm, CambridgeOrganic -
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 -
Lynn Cassells and Sandra Baer
farmers_and_growersWe moved to Lynbreck (which is located in the Cairngorms National Park in the Scottish Highlands) in March 2016. Our goal is to work with...Lynbreck Croft, StrathspeyRegenerative agriculture -
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 -
Josey Field
farmers_and_growersKipscombe Farm is part of West Exmoor National Trust; some 3,500 acres of woodland, heathland, and enclosed pasture, of which the farm makes up 880...Kipscombe Farm, Lynmouth, DevonIntegrated Farming -
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 -
Neil Heseltine
farmers_and_growersThe farm is situated in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, largely in the limestone uplands. My grandparents (dad’s parents) moved here in 1950, it was...Hill Top Farm, Malham, North YorkshireConservation Agriculture -
Ashton Hawker
farmers_and_growersWe are a mixed farm set across 1600 acres of Cotswold Brash, the stony, thin and relatively heavy soils that run through Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and...Gardners FarmIntegrated Farming -
Ian Wilkinson
farmers_and_growersCotswold Seeds purchased the farm in 2013 with aim of developing it as a centre for farming diversity, demonstrating how small family farms can use...Honeydale FarmConservation Agriculture -
Rob Kynaston
farmers_and_growersGreat Wollaston is a 242 acre mixed family farm on the edge of the Shropshire Hills on the English/Welsh border. We grow winter wheat and...Great Wollaston Farm -
Rob Havard
farmers_and_growersAgricology Field Day Find out more about the farm and Rob's approach; download the handout for the field day hosted by Rob below, where you...Havard & Co Organic FarmsOrganic -
Maurice McHenry
farmers_and_growersThe Parks is a hill sheep farm (situated near the coast in Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland), which since 2002 has been an Agri-Food and Biosciences...The Parks FarmConservation Agriculture -
John Renner
farmers_and_growersWe are lucky enough to farm on the border of the spectacular Northumberland National Park, between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Alnwick. North Bellshill and Amerside Hill are...North Bellshill & Amerside Hill FarmIntegrated Farming -
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