Approach: Integrated Farming

“Agroforestry adds value to the farm in many different ways – being part of our ‘enterprise stacking’ (the sum of all the smaller elements), is important, but at the same time, and equally important, is looking at it from an environmental stewardship and a community point of view (our mission at FarmEco is to reconnect people to land and the environment) – all three elements are very important…”

David Thomas is farm manager for Riviera Produce Ltd, a LEAF Marque certified business, which farm over 6,500 acres in west Cornwall on managing director David Simmons’ family farm, and also work with 6 other local growers who collectively manage 1000 acres of crops. Riviera Produce Ltd supply many of the UK’s leading supermarket chains…

“Fobbing Farm is a 1,200 acre (485 hectare) zero tillage and zero insecticide arable and livestock farm in south Essex… My main goals in farming are two-fold: farming with nature as much as I possibly can, and achieving as diverse a range of nutritional diversity on the farm as possible…”

“Kipscombe Farm is part of West Exmoor National Trust; some 3,500 acres of woodland, heathland, and enclosed pasture, of which the farm makes up 880 acres.”

“We aim to demonstrate that wildlife farming and profitable farming is achievable by all and to find wildlife-friendly farming solutions to current and future arable farming challenges, ensuring biodiversity is integral to the farming system.”

We are a mixed farm set across 1600 acres of Cotswold Brash, the stony, thin and relatively heavy soils that run through Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and beyond. The farm is at roughly 350 m with an average rainfall of 28 inches. The main operation of the farm is dairy and beef production; we keep around 400 […]

Overbury Farms is an integrated part of Overbury Enterprises which has been in the same family for over 250 years. It is a mixed farm that produces a range of crops including wheat, barley, oilseed rape (OSR), pease, linseed and soya beans. We also let out certain areas of our farm to specialist growers who […]

Henfaes Research Centre is Bangor University’s research farm, located in Abergwyngregyn – 7 miles east of Bangor. The land at Henfaes extends from sea-level to open common land grazing on the Carneddau mountain range. This diversity provides opportunities for research into lowland agriculture as well as upland systems. A highly protected landscape, 75% of the […]

We are lucky enough to farm on the border of the spectacular Northumberland National Park, between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Alnwick. North Bellshill and Amerside Hill are mixed farms together extending to 202 hectares (500 acres). We have an expanding herd of Aberdeen Angus suckler cows, and an expanding flock of Texel and Suffolk cross ewes. We […]

The Allerton project has been researching farm ecosystems and the effects of different farming methods on wildlife and the environment for over 20 years. As a commercial operation the farm produces a range of crops including winter wheat, oilseed rape, winter oats, spring oats and spring beans. The arable activities of the farm have been […]