2023
Andrew grew up on his Grandparents mixed Dairy, Beef and Arable farm in Cornwall and, despite his best effort, he couldn’t escape agriculture as a profession. After working for a variety of farming enterprises and fulfilling almost every position available, from General Farm Worker to Estates Manger, Andrew is now the joint owner and Director of Agriton and Agro-Vital, based in the South West. Both companies manufacture, source and supply a range of products that promote commercially and environmentally sustainable farming practices.
More recently, Andrew has been awarded a Nuffield Farming Scholarship looking into the different management techniques for Organic Manures and how farmers can best utilise this undervalued resource.
This house believes that arable farmers should get much more familiar with composting. From Johnson-Su bioreactors to wider resource management and quantifying soil health benefits
A panel discussing how to feed your soils biologically – looking at Climate Compost with The Land Gardeners, bokashi with Andrew Sincock from Agriton, brewing microbes with Jeff Allen from Microbz, using microscopes on farm with Tom Fairfax, Mindrum Estate Northumberland and farming biodynamically with Jane Scotter, Fern Verrow.