Kate Still
2024
Kate has been at the Soil Association since 2010, leading farmer advise on livestock health and welfare; and more recently taking on overall management of the producer focused farming programmes. She primarily works with producers, inspectors/assessors, vets and farm advisors and is a specialist in the implementation of welfare outcome assessment as part of farm assurance schemes. Her career has also included practical farming, farm business consultancy and advising farmers in wild plant and habitat conservation.
My Sessions
Farmer-Led Solutions to Underperforming Fields & Marginal Land
Kate Still
Dan Gammon
Frances Standen
David Clarke
How do farmers utilise all the fields on the farm while minimising the use of inputs? By using nature-friendly innovation, farmers are pioneering practices that bring underperforming fields back from being a sink on the business. Through the Innovative Farmers programme, farmers and researchers are teaming up to trial a range of techniques from mob […]
Delivering Agroecological Farming Practices at Scale
Kate Still
James Lee
Dr Alan Radbourne
Rob Atkin
Come and join Rob and James for a chat about their experience of delivering agroecology at scale. Including grazing cereals with livestock, experimenting with cover crops and maximising the use of organic manures. We’ll share research evidence (from FABulous Farmers) on how these practices stack up both economically and environmentally and discuss ways to increase […]