Sam Awdry
2024
Sam is a third generation farmer who transitioned in 2022 from a partnership in the family arable/beef farm to a tenancy with Laura, his wife, and 3 children on a Dutchy farm in Cornwall. They are establishing a resilient mixed farming system with the core goal of maintaining soil health and farm ecology. Having taken over a farm with significant soil health issues after intensive contract potato production He has used the tools of pasture diversity and extended recovery periods within the grazing system to help achieve their goals. Their livestock are fully integrated into arable rotations with both a grazing suckler herd and a contract calf rearing operation on the farm. Laura works off-farm as a farming knowledge exchange manager and balancing workloads at home and away with active family life is a key challenge of their holistic plan.
My Sessions
Our Regenerative Journey – 2 Years on
Ian Davis
Sam Awdry
Angus Dalton
Anthony Ellis
Karl Starkie
In 2022, 5 of us ran a well-received panel discussion titled “Our regenerative journey”. We “met” some years ago via TFF, The Farming Forum, and have been actively engaging in regenerative agriculture related farmer knowledge exchange ever since. Since then we have all made large changes in our personal and business lives in continuation of […]