Hi Andy. It's your first day (congrats!). We know how to fix the food system (in a way that helps nature thrive, regenerates soil and builds resilience into our rural landscapes), and we know from your work in Manchester that you do too. So shall we do it? www.soilassociation.org/news-events-...

🌱Join us at Balmakewan Farm on 27 July to see #Organic #ArableFarming in practice. With organic farmer Phil Swire and Adrian James (AHDB) on crop yields, rotations, weed control and undersowing. 🍽️ Hot lunch included Book your free place! 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1992044670...

Organic arable in practice at Balmakewan

Join us for an informative day at Balmakewan Farm where we'll see what organic arable looks like in practice.

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ORGANIC LEADS EVIDENCE ON BIODIVERSITY AND SOIL HEALTH Nevermind the World Cup - this is our big victory ⚽

Fast trees for busy farmers, cool cows & snug sheep 🌳👩‍🌾🐮🐑 Are you heading to Groundswell? Join Ben Raskin to discover how hedges, farm woodlands & fast-growing trees can provide shade, shelter & climate resilience👇 www.groundswellag.com/sessions-202... ⏲️11–11:55am 📅Thurs 2 Jul 📍The Study

🐝Trees for bees: Agroforestry for pollinator health🌳 Join us at Groundswell for an interactive session on how #Agroforestry extends flowering periods, creates vital habitats & builds robust farm ecosystems👇 www.groundswellag.com/sessions-202... 📅Wed 1 Jul ⏰3–3:55pm 📍Agroforestry Tent (Stand B20)

🌳Whole farm approach: tree & pasture management Join our farm walk with Jenny & Mark Lee exploring agroforestry, pasture systems & tree hay for winter feed Thurs 13 Aug, 10-3, Park House Farm, Cumbria CA7 1JZ Book: eventbrite.co.uk/e/1991601161...

Whole Farm Approach - Tree and Pasture Management

Join us for a practical day exploring how a whole farm approach to tree and pasture management can support resilient and productive systems.

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How can we reduce emissions from peat soils while farming profitably and productively? Join us on-farm on 12 Aug at G’s Norfolk to explore water-table management, paludiculture & regenerative farming in action 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1990978494...

Farming the fens: Soil health, water and productivity

Join this free farm walk and discussion hosted at G's Norfolk exploring sustainable farming practices on the Fens.

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Farm-made bio-stimulants at commercial scale Join us at Pollybell Farm on 6 Aug (10.30am-3pm) to see how a large organic vegetable/arable business is reducing reliance on bought-in inputs through a closed-loop approach to soil health 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/1984962392...

On-Farm Bio-Stimulants and Closed-Loop Soil Health

Explore farm-made bio-stimulants and closed-loop soil health at scale this summer at Pollybell Farm.

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🍎 Bringing British apples to market: varieties, value & viability 22 July, Leavenheath, Suffolk www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1984157315... Join Anne Rees & Robert England on-farm to discuss variety choice, market opportunities and building resilient fruit businesses

Bringing British Apples to Market – Varieties, Value & Viability

On-farm discussion and orchard walk exploring how growers balance heritage, standard, and new apple varieties for a sustainable future.

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📍Farmers/growers in SE England Join us at Commonwork Farm, Kent for Soil Association Organic Producers Board farm walk Share views, discuss challenges facing your business & help shape how we support producers in the future All welcome 📅 16 Jul 11am-2.30pm 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1991598735...

Soil Association Producer Meeting - Kent

Soil Association’s Organic Producers Board (OPB) invites you to join us for a regional meeting and farm walk in Kent

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💡Join us to explore how better nutrient management can help improve efficiency, reduce input costs & strengthen farm resilience. 🍀Topics include soil health, legumes, slurry & manure, & reducing dependence on bought-in nitrogen. 🖇️: www.eventbrite.com/e/1987681336... #SoilHealth #FarmResilience

Lower Costs, Lower Carbon: Practical Nutrient Use

Join this short webinar for practical ideas on reducing reliance on bought in nitrogen, improving soil health, and better nutrient decisions

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🌱 Growing your own resilience: Soils, sprays and herbal leys 📅 Thu 25 June 10.30am-1pm 📍 Lesquite Farm PL13 2QE We're discussing 🟢 organic biological inputs trials 🟢 soil improvement amendment spraying 🟢 building profits whilst dealing with £60k⬇️ in subsidies www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/growing-yo...

Growing your own resilience: Soils, sprays and herbal leys

Join us for a look at soils, sprays and herbal leys to explore building resilience and profitability into organic and regenerative systems.

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🌱 Growing Your Own Resilience: Herbal Leys 📅 Thu 25 June ⏰ 10.30am–1pm 📍 Lesquite Farm, PL13 2QE Join us at Lesquite Farm in Cornwall & explore how herbal leys can 🐝 boost productivity 🍀 improve soil fertility & animal health 📈 support farm profitability 🖇️: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/growing-yo...

Growing your own resilience: Herbal leys at Lesquite Farm

Join us in Cornwall for a farm walk and practical discussion of how to manage herbal leys to increase productivity and soil health.

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🚨 The collapse of our natural world is a direct threat to the UK’s national security. 🌍 The Nature + National Security Bill is a new, urgent, science-led response to this emergency. 📣 Ask your MP to choose the #NNSBill in the private members’ bill ballot. Head to 👉 zerohour.uk/write

Butterflies and moths need pesticide-free and well-supported farms so they can flourish 🌱🦋 We are supporting @thesoilassociation.bsky.social's call on the UK Gov to ban the spraying glyphosate, a harmful pesticide also known as Roundup, on crops before harvest. Join the call to #CutTheChemicals 👇

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📢 It’s time to cut the chemicals from our food and fields ✍️ PETITION - soilassociation.co/cutthechemsb... In the UK, just before harvest, some crops are sprayed with glyphosate to dry them out. It helps meet food system demands for speed and uniformity, letting farmers plan harvests in advance

“This is not only a public #health issue, but also a #farming one too" Campaigners are calling for urgent support for #farmers to ensure their businesses “can continue to thrive” while changing practices. SIGN the @thesoilassociation.bsky.social petition > act.soilassociation.org/cut-the-chem...

🌳 Rooted in Water: Join us with #AffinityWater at #WoodoaksFarm on 2 June 💧 Farm walk & workshop on how #Agroforestry can reduce runoff, improve #SoilHealth & protect rivers. Help shape new farmer‑led research Book your free place! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rooted-in-... #WaterQuality #Agroecology

Rooted in water: Agroforestry for resilient farms and rivers

Join us at Woodoaks Farm for a farm walk and workshop exploring how agroforestry can support catchment scale water quality improvements.

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Smart livestock health, nature-friendly crop protection, climate resilient farming systems, circular farming, & healthy soils… The AHDB and ADOPT Field Tested Roadshow is a series of free on-farm events bridging the gap between research & real-world farming: ahdb.org.uk/events

Farmers, land owners, want to understand what you can do to protect rivers from diffuse pollution? Join us & Bristol Avon Rivers Trust ◽Practical interventions ◽Nutrient management ◽SFI-linked funding ◽Landscape-scale approaches Wed 17 June, 1-2.15pm, online www.eventbrite.com/e/reducing-d...

Going peat-free at commercial scale isn’t simple Our head of horticulture Anne Rees, joins Claire Donkin (Peat Free Pathway) & Sally Nex (Peat-Free Partnership) to discuss challenges - propagation, standards, trials & transition Thur 18 Jun, 12.30pm, online www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peat-free-...

Glyphosate usage is back in the news, especially pre harvest spraying of wheat. The @thesoilassociation.bsky.social have concerns over human health as breads & cereals may be tainted. Others have environmental concerns as we previously reported...

Devastating songbird decline: is an Essex council really responsible?

With the huge decline in songbirds, the dawn chorus is now led by seagulls and pigeons in Southend. Is glyphosate to blame?

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📢 It’s time to cut the chemicals from our food and fields ✍️ PETITION - soilassociation.co/cutthechemsb... In the UK, just before harvest, some crops are sprayed with glyphosate to dry them out. It helps meet food system demands for speed and uniformity, letting farmers plan harvests in advance

Interested in intercropping? 🌾🫛 Check out this free, web-based decision support tool, created by our partners on the LEGUMINOSE project, to simulate legume-cereal intercropping in any European field, before changes are made on the ground: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3zS...

Make Smarter Farming Decisions With This Free Tool

YouTube video by ESCI - Science Talks Extended

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Interested in the latest soil science? 🌱 Josiah Judson explores @ai4soilhealth.bsky.social’s pilot sites – including Woodoaks Farm – & how they can influence Europe (& the UK’s) soil monitoring strategies. youtube.com/watch?v=n5qa65yoGzo&list=PLHEQhfGFE9C83agnP19eNotBSST2ESTI5&index=1&t=635s

Soil Association report that should be bigger news than it is. The warning is plain: food security is tied to soil health, and policy still rewards short-term thinking over resilience. The slow-moving risks are always the ones that sneak up on you. By: @memypigsandi.bsky.social #SoilHealth

The Warning Is Clear. The Response Is Missing.

Farm­ers are already building resilience. Policy and markets still reward short term thinking.

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65% of shoppers say sustainability matters, prioritising organic ingredients and no animal testing when choosing beauty products, whilst the organic beauty sector sees 8% growth. Read the full report: bit.ly/4tq8cuu

🌱 Join us to examine the pressures of working lowland peat soils - highly productive farmland responsible for a significant proportion of agricultural #GHG emissions Farming the Fens Thurs 9 Apr, 1-2.15pm With NBSoil, Fenland SOIL, G’s Norfolk & G’s Fresh Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1984...

Join our farming advisors for a comprehensive look at #SFI26 We'll ⛏️ dig into available options 💡 offer practical guidance on planning & preparing applications 🐝 look at how schemes can integrate into different farming systems For #organic & non-organic farmers www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1984...

Event: Digging Deeper: Practical soil health in action 🗓️ Thurs 14 May 📍 Fradswell ST18 0EY (+ farm walk nearby) Join us for lunch & farm walk exploring soil health in action on a mixed farm Speaker Rob Atkin, Field Hall Farm & Tim Parton, Brewood Park Farm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1984...

🐄Dairy farmers 💡WEBINAR on Weds 8 April, 1-2:15pm Hear about the whys & wherefores of converting to #organic dairy production With consultant Rob Daykin, Peter Cheek (Godminster Organic Dairy), inspector Doug Stevens & our farming advisor Jerry Alford www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1984...