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Jez Taylor, head of the diverse market garden at Daylesford Organics talks to us about managing the greenfly on the roses they supply to the...

Wildflower meadows are an intrinsic part of our natural heritage and have been in decline over the last century. The rich flora and fauna provide...

'Our solutions are in nature' - a concept at the core of sustainable farming practices and the theme of 2020's UN International Day for Biodiversity...

Do you use 'alternatives' to conventional drugs and other interventions to keep your livestock healthy? There are many farmers - conventional, organic and those in-between...

This is one of a series of interviews Daylesford's Tim Field has been conducting on the topic of sustainable food and farming. Tim speaks to...

We want to pause to celebrate all those who tend our land and give so much to feed the nation. We are all indebted to...

Compost can improve soil fertility through supplying mineral fertilisers such as potassium, phosphorus, and nitrogen and it can help to strongly influence the soil carbon...

A group of farmers on the Isle of Arran, sometimes called ‘Scotland in miniature’ because of the range of farming it hosts, have begun to...

The Agriculture Bill will be voted on by MPs on Wednesday 13th May. Do you want to support nature-friendly farming, address climate change and ensure...

The coronavirus crisis is reminding us of how closely animal, ecological and human health are linked. A vital component of our health is, of course,...

For a long time, the pursuit of effective agricultural weed management tools and strategies was framed as ‘the war on weeds.’ We developed increasingly merciless...

We enjoy being proactive about the future at Wicton Farm and becoming antibiotic-free proved to be not as difficult as we first thought. Over the...

In these short video clips, Jez Taylor, head of the Market Garden at Daylesford Organic Farm, talks to us from inside the polytunnels about propagating...

A huge range of rural organisations have got together to organise a series of Zoom webinars for everyone involved in land management, which we, the...

First and foremost, as we all pull together to navigate the challenges presented to us as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, I hope you...

Across the channel in the Netherlands a remarkable thing is happening. The whole supply chain has worked together through the ‘Potato Covenant’ to shift the...

In this vlog, Richard Smith, Farms Manager at Daylesford Organic, talks about cattle foot trimming in the dairy, stressing the importance of doing it at...

Although often considered a relatively ‘new’ weed, it was recognised as a ‘very trouble­some weed among wheat’ over 175 years ago (Sinclair, 1838). However, black-grass...

Cast your mind back to a warm summer day, a time when shortly after it has rained, you are in the garden or your field...

Have you ever wondered about all the things that your land delivers and whether there may be any way of measuring it? Not so long...