2023
Kate leads the Soil Association’s farming and land use programmatic activity. She has been responsible for managing farming projects and programmes, focusing on transitioning farmers to agroecology, the reduction of antibiotic use and the delivery of farm led research through Innovative Farmers.
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 […]
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 […]