The ORC and The Land Gardeners have teamed up to bring together a cohort of farmers and growers trailblazing soil health practices in the sector. A range of trials are set to start in the coming months but in the meantime get to know a few of our case study farmers:
FARM NAME: Lockerley Estate and Preston Farm, Hampshire
FARM SIZE: 2,000 ha
DESCRIPTION: Lockerley Estate and Preston Farms is a progressive, regenerative and successful farming business that champions an approach to agriculture where biodiversity, the soil, and the wellbeing of its community and future generations, is at the heart of all it does.
FARM NAME: Rose Dale’s Organic Farm, Buckinghamshire
FARM SIZE: 90 ha
DESCRIPTION: Rose Dale’s Organic Farm has been farmed by her family for over 50 years. When Rose took over the farm in 2019, she was determined to produce healthy, nutritious food in a way that is nature-friendly and truly regenerative and sustainable, looking after soil, water and air for future generations. She has since built a business committed to these values, direct-selling her quality meat to local customers.
FARM NAME: Mindrum Estate, Northumberland
FARM SIZE: 465ha
DESCRIPTION: Mindrum is a mixed organic farm located in North Northumberland, on the Scottish border. Led by Tom Fairfax, a former conventional farmer responding to ever-tightening margins, the farm is now firmly in the midst of a regenerative transition. Tom applies a holistic approach to managing soil health and plant–animal interactions in order to deliver the farms Mission: “to produce healthy food from healthy ground.”
FARM NAME: Village Farm, Oxfordshire
FARM SIZE: 150 ha
DESCRIPTION: Village Farm is a mixed farm with 90 ha grazing beef cattle and 60 ha variety of arable crops including wheat, barley, beans, and maize (and oats soon). The farm has been in the family for over 100 years, and from starting life as a dairy, it now grows on about 2/3rds of its arable land bi-crops of wheat with beans or linseed, barley, and oats (for harvest 2026) for Wildfarmed.
FARM NAME: Neidpath Farms, Scottish Borders
FARM SIZE: 1000 ha
DESCRIPTION: Neidpath is a large, upland collective of four farms in Peebles that takes pride in livestock farming with nature.
