Patrick Barker
2025
Patrick is a farmer and conservationist from Westhorpe in Mid-Suffolk. His 545ha family farm is a LEAF Demonstration Farm and he is a member of the NFFN England Steering Group and leads the High Suffolk Farm Cluster. He has won both the Farmers Weekly Countryside Farmer of the Year and FWAG’s Silver Lapwing award. Conservation is integral to the farm, where they run a CS Higher Tier scheme, and Patrick’s ethos is to farm in modern, productive ways while having a farm full of wildlife.
My Sessions
Farming smarter: the data on nature friendly farming
Craig Bennett
Rob Field
Isobel Tomlinson
Patrick Barker
Are there regenerative practices that not only boost agricultural yields but combat climate change and recover wildlife? Farmland hosts a significant proportion of UK wildlife, and farm management can impact greenhouse gas emissions and wildlife populations. Increased awareness of the links between a sustainable farm business and healthy wildlife populations means we can turn this […]