Blogs, news and musings from the Green Farm Collective!

The great plant-based con - podcast with Jayne Buxton

Aug 24, 20231 min read

The great plant-based con - podcast with Jayne Buxton

In this episode of the Green Farm Collective (TGFC) podcast, host, Jane Craigie, speaks to author Jayne Buxton and TGFC co-founder, Tim...

Do you know someone with an innovative farming idea?

Jane Craigie

Jul 6, 20231 min read

Do you know someone with an innovative farming idea?

We recently launched, “The Green Innovation Award”. This award offers £10,000 prize money for an on-farm innovation, to improve the...

Angus Gowthorpe, Approach Farm, near Escrick, York.

Jane Craigie

Jul 4, 20232 min read

Angus Gowthorpe, Approach Farm, near Escrick, York.

Farm facts: · 400 acre (300 arable, 100 forage), plus 100 acres contract arable. · Cropping on the farm comprises: winter varieties of...

New regen food label and £10k prize announced at our regen ag conference

Jane Craigie

Jun 6, 20234 min read

New regen food label and £10k prize announced at our regen ag conference

Our post event press release More than 220 people, from the Isle of Wight to Yorkshire, joined the Green Farm Collective at its second...

The connection between soil health and human health

Jane Craigie

May 18, 20234 min read

The connection between soil health and human health

By Patrick Holford, nutritionist and author The purpose of growing food is to nourish people and make a living in the process. When I...

Programme announced for The Regenerative Agriculture Conference 2023

Jane Craigie

May 8, 20231 min read

Programme announced for The Regenerative Agriculture Conference 2023

Our Regenerative Agriculture Conference programme on Wednesday 24th May is not one to be missed! With 25 speakers across two stages and a...

Getting in to regen - a Q&A with Jake Freestone

Jane Craigie

Apr 21, 20233 min read

Getting in to regen - a Q&A with Jake Freestone

Meet Jake Freestone, who manages Overbury Farms and is a well-known spokesperson and communicator on regenerative farming through...

Barn owl chicks put spotlight on wise moves

Jane Craigie

Apr 21, 20232 min read

Barn owl chicks put spotlight on wise moves

Prolific birdlife is a sign that the soil, biodiversity and general environment is in good heart. Newborn barn owl chicks in a nest on...

Jane Craigie

Apr 21, 20231 min read

Brewing up biology

When you are putting soils first, it makes you rethink everything. One of the greatest success stories of our group are the biological...

Podcast: The Soil – Food – Gut – Brain Superhighway
Nutrition for both soil and human health

Jane Craigie

Apr 21, 20232 min read

Podcast: The Soil – Food – Gut – Brain Superhighway Nutrition for both soil and human health

Tune in for this brilliant interview with Tim Parton talking nutrition for both soil and human health with globally renowned nutrition...

Jane Craigie

Apr 21, 20235 min read

Starting over with what I know

A first-generation farmer, Michael Kavanagh, who manages the 700-acre Church Farm in Shropshire and has recently undergone significant...

Biodiversity agreement - Brewood Park Farm, Tim Parton

Jane Craigie

Dec 13, 20222 min read

Biodiversity agreement - Brewood Park Farm, Tim Parton

Biodiversity agreement at Brewood Park Farm is going well with 2 ha of cover crop and 2ha of flower/winter bird food margins sold. It...

Jane Craigie

Dec 10, 20222 min read

Wow!! - by Tim Parton

Who would not want to be involved in creating a rich, diverse ecologically, planet saving universe – something to be proud of and to...

Jane Craigie

Jun 22, 20221 min read

Joining rules for farmers

If you’re keen on joining us to trade your carbon and biodiversity, here are our asks. The Green Farm Collective membership criteria. a....

First carbon trade: today at Groundswell

Jane Craigie

Jun 22, 20221 min read

First carbon trade: today at Groundswell

On 22 June at the Groundswell Event, we talked through our first trade of carbon and biodiversity. The trade was ‘done’ on the Trinity...

Jane Craigie

May 23, 20221 min read

25 May 2022 - Farm Walk agenda

Over 150 people will be flocking to Church Farm on 25 May 2022, for The Green Farm Collective's first farm walk. For those coming, or...

Come and join our Open Day - 25 May 2022

Jane Craigie

May 12, 20221 min read

Come and join our Open Day - 25 May 2022

All welcome. 25 May in Shropshire on Michael Kavanagh's farm, Church Farm, Albrighton. Speakers include: Michael Kavanagh (host farm) The...

Listen to TGFC Michael Kavanagh on BBC Costing the Earth

Jane Craigie

Apr 6, 20220 min read

Listen to TGFC Michael Kavanagh on BBC Costing the Earth

Jane Craigie

Apr 6, 20221 min read

Check out our recent webinar

If you want the detail of what The Green Farm Collective is all about, then watch back the webinar that we hosted.

Jane Craigie

Feb 15, 20221 min read

Podcast listens - three with Tim Parton

By Jane Craigie Here are three podcasts in which Tim Parton gives a deep insight into what The Green Farm Collective farmers believe,...

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