Sonia Lee
2025
Sonia has worked with farmers in consulting and teaching roles across the horticulture and grazing industries for more than 20 years, and has grown vegetables using mulch-based techniques for around 25. She grew up on a dairy farm in Australia, and her balanced approach encompasses thorough academic research alongside practical, farmer-orientated, commercial reality. She is currently completing a PhD at Newcastle University.
My Sessions
Research in no-till organic vegetable production
Delve into inspiring results from UK’s first fully-replicated field trials in no-till vegetable production at Newcastle University and Durham. The trials include 5 different cover crop mixes that were mechanically terminated then planted with calabrese, and no till onion production using compost and silage mulches. Comparisons include crimp rolling with mowing, no-till with tillage-based methods, […]