Headline news today of the discovery of antibiotics labelled a 'game-changer' for medicine has caught our attention because, from a different, agricultural perspective, we passionately believe that healthy soil leads to healthy humans. According the the BBC news report,  researchers, at the ...

It was a wonderful experience to take part in the thought-provoking Real Oxford Farming Conference at Oxford Town Hall this year. Our session was entitled Optimising Productivity and Soil Health by Building Soil Organic Matter, was chaired by Ben Raskin of the Soil Association.  The session ...

Great start to 2015. Really looking forward to taking part in the 'Optimising productivity and soil health by building soil organic matter' session organised by the Soil Association at the Oxford Real Farming conference at Oxford Town Hall tomorrow. Ian Wilkinson is on stage at 2pm in the Council ...

This made us think of the classic Russian story of, 'The Enormous Turnip' in which in a grandfather plants a turnip, which grows so large that he cannot pull it up himself. More people are recruited to help - grandmother, granddaughter, dog, cat, mouse, until they finally pull the turnip up ...

We’ve always seen part of our role at Cotswold Seeds as an information bridge between scientists and farmers, so we’re delighted to be taking part in the Soil Association's National Soil Symposium next week on Tuesday 25 November in Solihull billed as a practical event for ...