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About FarmED - Farm & Food Education

FarmED is the new Centre for Farm & Food Education based at Honeydale Farm in the Cotswolds. We are a Community Interest Company. Our mission is to accelerate the transition towards regenerative farming and sustainable food systems by providing space and opportunity for inspirational education, innovative research, practitioner led knowledge exchange events and personal development. The farm is a diverse mix of low input arable and temporary grass, and organic permanent pasture. Our trial plots include sainfoin, herbal ley, barley, heritage wheat, wild bird seed and various cover crops. The grassland is managed by mob grazed sheep. ​ Other features include a natural flood management scheme, heritage orchard, tree planting, wildflower margins and an apiary. Our kitchen garden is run as a Community Supported Agriculture scheme. Coming soon at the farm...cattle grazing, agroforestry and composting projects and a whole farm Countryside Stewardship Scheme. At the heart of FarmED are two impressive eco-buildings – one providing space for conferences, lectures, workshops and special events; and the other a farm to fork kitchen and food space, and a regenerative business incubator. Our audience includes local communities, schools, universities, researchers, farmers, new entrants, foodies, businesses, environmental groups and policy makers.

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How local food networks can deliver on food security

FarmED talks to rural businesses, romping from food security and sourcing local food, to the importance of biodiversity and human…

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Coping with Covid: How farmers can look after their mental health

Jonty is joined by Dr Sally Bell, Holly Beckett from Focussed Farmers, and Russ Carrington, a sustainable farming advocate, to…

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How stories can help inspire sustainable farming

Chelsea Green is a leading book publisher covering organic farming, integrative health, and sustainable living. In Episode 3 of the…

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George Monbiot answers tough questions on farming

When writer, journalist and environmental campaigner, George Monbiot, returned to FarmED to learn more about sustainable food production, we took…

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Community supported agriculture – what’s it all about?

Emma Mills, of the Kitchen Garden People, runs the community supported agriculture scheme at FarmED – she talks to Jonty…

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Meet the people set to accelerate regenerative farming

The Cotswolds have a new food and farming centre – FarmED. The team talk about how it came about, and…