2024

• Sharing:

  • ORFC Livestock in the Landscape, Jan​

  • ORFC tbc

2023

• Wessex Water investigating nitrogen leachate from leys and broken leys, Aut-Spr24

• PhD case study into Agroforestry

• Sharing:

  • UoR lecture series in Integrated Pest (Weed) Management, Dec

  • Nepal exploring mountain farming and reverence of bovines, Nov

  • ORFC dialogue at 42 acres, Sept

  • Heritage Wheat event, Mar

2022

• Sharing:

  • UoR lecture series in Integrated Pest (Weed) Management, Dec

  • BDAA Farm event at Yatesbury, Nov

  • CPRE AGM talk: caring for soil, Devizes, Sep

  • 22nd World Congress of Soil Science, Glasgow, Jul

  • DEFRA Natural Science Group talk, May

  • Farmerama and biodynamic whisky, April

  • Heckfield Place, biodynamic whisky tasting, March Equinox

  • ORFC Biodynamics and Science, Jan

2021

• The Biodynamic Project, released for COP26

  • first biodynamic single malt whisky to be distilled anywhere in 2011

  • by Bruichladdich on Islay and bottled 10 years old

  • from barley grown at Yatesbury in 2010 (and since)

• Doctoral research completed, (PhD awarded) exciting outcomes:

  • soil organic matter (soil carbon) being stored at 2 to 3 times greater rate than global targets

  • Diverse leys, through action of diverse rooting communities enable this

• Thorough soil base analysis at Yatesbury Down, thanks to Stephen Heming and Ben Hunt at Wessex Water​

• Diverse leys sown at YD to begin soil regeneration

• Sharing:

  • ORFC, hidden half of nature; 

  • FAO, Soil biodiversity conference

  • National Organic Combinable Crops conference at Shimpling Park Farm, Jul

  • Biodynamic research conference, How can we recognise resilience in research, farms and individuals;

  • Heckfield Place, accompany Market Garden tours, September Equinox

  • Whisky in a changing climate panel discussion

2020

• Sharing: ORFC, Public Goods Tool on 4 biodynamic farms

• OneNature Commonwealth charity begins

• Purchase new land Yatesbury Down in partnership with Triodos Bank

• Plant experimental walnut trees with Woodland Trust

2019​

• Plenum speech at Organic Kongres, Denmark, Nov, Farming for Carbon

• Garden of Eden Forum

• SMART sustainability report FiBL/ORC

• AFINET Livestock Silvopasture Event - Richard Gantlett - July 2019

• Obsalim a method of observing cattle to improve nutrition, health and wellbeing

• Planting Willow & Hazel Silvopastoral Agroforestry and coppice for cattle bedding

• Silvoarable, Agroforestry Orchard , PUR, Woodland Trust 

• Variable rate seeding, KV, Rhiza, Agri-EPI

2018

• Satellite imagery and mapping, Rhiza, Agri-EPI

• ORFC: Farmer Health

• Farm System Health in Practice, ORC, Ekhaga Foundation, Sweden 2018-2019

• Sharing our journey at Bruichladdich Distillery Nov, The Croft Project

• DiverIMPACT Horizon 2020, increased diversity of cropping systems 2018-2021

• Sharing our journey with Estonian Farmers in Estonia, July lecturing several days

• B Corporation Certification, Unverified Impact score 156.3

• Farm Carbon Cutting Tool Kit, Carbon Audit

2017

• Landwise, LAND management in loWland catchments for Integrated flood riSk rEduction, University of Reading (NERC) 2017-2022

• Satellite farm Agri-Epi Centre, (The Agricultural Engineering Precision Innovation Centre) 2017-22

• Planting Short rotation coppice for wood chip bedding

• PUR Project, Woodland Trust

• NDICEA assessment Tool, ORC

2016

• Health Network, Organic Research Centre, Ekhaga Foundation, Sweden

• The Basics of Soil Fertility OK Arable Net, ORC, FiBL

2015​

• OK Net Arable, (Organic Knowledge Arable Network), Organic Research Centre 2015-17

• Wood dust cattle bedding begins

2014​

• DOCTORAL RESEARCH  High Biomass Rotation Research, impacts on Soil Health, Crop Production and Weed Burden, Huntley and Palmer Scholarship Fund, University of Reading, April 2014-2020

• OCIS Publics Goods Assessment Tool, Organic Research Centre

2013

• Higher Level Stewardship, Natural England 2013-2023

• England Woodland Grant Scheme 2013-2043

• Environmental Stewardship, Organic and Higher Level 2013-2023

2011

• 100KVA Solar Photo Voltaic online from May, 550 panels on cattle shed roof

2010

• LegumeLink Farm Partner, Organic Research Centre 2010-2013

• Zero Fossil Fuel Goal 2010

2006

• New cattle shed for calving, 'the outside inside'

2005

• Demeter conversion begins

• Working with lighter/smaller machines

• Direct sowing wheat into white clover yellow trefoil ley

2004​

• Working Biodynamically begins

2003

• No plough biodyn tillage, sell plough

2002​

• Wheat and Faba Bean cropping mix

2000

• Countryside Stewardship 2000-2010

• Tour of biodynamic farms with Alex Podolinsky in France, June

• Diverse Leys and Bio-cultivations 2000

1998

• Fully bedded yard system for cattle replacing slurry system

• Organic Farm Conversion begins

• Aberdeen Angus suckler herd