Not just a hobby! Part time farming for a more resilient future
Ben Raskin makes the case for part-time farming, showing how this often-overlooked model can unlock a range of individual and social benefits.
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November 21, 2019
Siwan Howatson discusses the best time to utilise lime for soil pH and grassland productivity
October 30, 2019
Katie Bliss discusses the benefits of intercropping, including pest, disease and weed management, preventing lodging, improving water quality, soil fertility and biodiversity as well as increasing resilience to climatic and agronomic shocks.
October 29, 2019
Jon West discusses how weather-based forecasting can determine the timing of fungicide use to improve phoma and stem canker control
October 22, 2019
In this vlog, Dr Alastair Leake talks about why it's important to consider using unproductive farm land to sow a winter mix of bird food.
October 18, 2019
Dr Alastair Leake discusses why they are trialling taking an arable field out of crop production and have sown it with mixed species leys.
October 16, 2019
Abby Rose discusses how we can sequester more carbon and build soil health.
October 9, 2019
Richard Smith of Daylesford Organic Farms talks about grass leys and how they put them into stubble, and undersowing grass leys into cereal crops
September 30, 2019
Aled Rhys Davies discusses the learnings from his Nuffield study, including the link between anti-microbial resistance and animal health
September 25, 2019
William Milliken discusses whether plants can be used as veterinary treatments and help make farming a little more sustainable and, potentially, reduce the excessive use of antibiotics.
September 17, 2019
John Holland discusses using monitoring tools to predict aphid levels and assist management techniques
September 12, 2019
Holly Beckett shares how mindfulness can reduce stress, improve focus and increase the ability to achieve goals
September 9, 2019
Richard Smith, Farms Manager at Daylesford Organic Farm discusses how he is converting a conventional arable field into a grass and clover ley for livestock and the reasons for doing it.